Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkahamō

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 *līkahamô, equivalent to *līk +‎ *hamō.

Noun

*līkahamō m

1. (human) body, trunk

   Synonyms: *bodag, *būk, *līk

2. corpse

   Synonym: *bodag

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līkahamō
Genitive	*līkahamini, *līkahaman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līkahamō	*līkahaman
Accusative	*līkahaman	*līkahaman
Genitive	*līkahamini, *līkahaman	*līkahamanō
Dative	*līkahamini, *līkahaman	*līkahamum
Instrumental	*līkahamini, *līkahaman	*līkahamum

Descendants

• Old English: līchama, līcema, līchoma
  • Middle English: likame, licame, licham, lickham, likam, lycam, lycame, lykame, lykhame, lichame (Early Middle English), licam, liccame, lickam, lygham, lyghame (Northern), licome, lichome, lychome (West Midland)
    • Middle Scots: likame, lekame
      • >? Scots: lingcan (hapax)
• Old Frisian: līkama, līkoma, līkkoma, līkma
  • Saterland Frisian: licman (obsolete)
  • West Frisian: lichem
• Old Saxon: līkhamo m; līknamo m
  • Middle Low German: licham, lickham, likam, lîkem
    • Low German: Liekam, Lieknam, Luikem
• Old Dutch: līchamo m, līcnamo
  • Middle Dutch: lichāme
    • Dutch: lichaam, ligchaam (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: liggaam
      • Negerhollands: lichaam, likam
      • → Indonesian: badan (semantic loan)
• Old High German: līhhamo, līchamo, līhamo, (chiefly Bavarian) līhhinhamo, līhhinamo
  • Middle High German: līcham(e); līchname
    • German: Leichnam