Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

*līk n

1. body

   Synonyms: *bodag, *būk, *līkahamō

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līk
Genitive	*līkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līk	*līku
Accusative	*līk	*līku
Genitive	*līkas	*līkō
Dative	*līkē	*līkum
Instrumental	*līku	*līkum

Derived terms

• *-līk
• *līkahamō
• *līkataikn

Descendants

• Old English: līċ
  • Middle English: like, lich
    • Scots: lyke
    • English: lich
• Old Frisian: līk
  • Saterland Frisian: Lieke
  • West Frisian: lyk
• Old Saxon: līk
  • Middle Low German: lîk, lîch
    • German Low German: Liek
    • Plautdietsch: Leich, Leiche
    • → Latvian: līķis
• Old Dutch: *līk
  • Middle Dutch: lijc
    • Dutch: lijk
      • Afrikaans: lyk
• Old High German: līh
  • Middle High German: leich
    • Central Franconian: Lich
    • Bavarian: Leich
    • German: Leiche
    • Luxembourgish: Läich