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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-līkaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *līką, originally with the sense of 'having the body or form of'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌliː.kɑz/
Adjective
*-līkaz
- -like, -ly. Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of 'similar to, characteristic of'.
Inflection
Declension of *-līkaz (a-stem)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *-līkaz | *-līkai | *-līkō | *-līkôz | *-līką, *-at(ō) | *-līkō |
accusative | *-līkanǭ | *-līkanz | *-līkǭ | *-līkōz | *-līką, *-at(ō) | *-līkō |
genitive | *-līkas, *-līkis | *-līkaizǫ̂ | *-līkaizōz | *-līkaizǫ̂ | *-līkas, *-līkis | *-līkaizǫ̂ |
dative | *-līkammai | *-līkaimaz | *-līkaizōi | *-līkaimaz | *-līkammai | *-līkaimaz |
instrumental | *-līkanō | *-līkaimiz | *-līkaizō | *-līkaimiz | *-līkanō | *-līkaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *-līkô | *-līkaniz | *-līkǭ | *-līkōniz | *-līkô | *-līkōnō |
accusative | *-līkanų | *-līkanunz | *-līkōnų | *-līkōnunz | *-līkô | *-līkōnō |
genitive | *-līkiniz | *-līkanǫ̂ | *-līkōniz | *-līkōnǫ̂ | *-līkiniz | *-līkanǫ̂ |
dative | *-līkini | *-līkammaz | *-līkōni | *-līkōmaz | *-līkini | *-līkammaz |
instrumental | *-līkinē | *-līkammiz | *-līkōnē | *-līkōmiz | *-līkinē | *-līkammiz |
Derived terms
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-līkaz
- *līkāną
- *galīkaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *-līk
- Old English: -līċ, -līh, -lī
- Middle English: -ly, -li, -lych, -lich
- English: -ly
- Scots: -lie
- Middle English: -ly, -li, -lych, -lich
- Old Frisian: -līk
- Saterland Frisian: -elk
- West Frisian: -lyk
- Old Saxon: -līk
- Middle Low German: -līk, -lik, -lick (inflected -lik-)
- Low German: -lich, -lig, -lik, -lick, -li (Eastfalian), -elk (East Frisian)
- Plautdietsch: -lich
- Middle Low German: -līk, -lik, -lick (inflected -lik-)
- Old Dutch: -līk
- Middle Dutch: -lijc
- Dutch: -lijk
- Afrikaans: -lik
- Jersey Dutch: -lik, -lek, -lā́ik
- Dutch: -lijk
- Middle Dutch: -lijc
- Old High German: -līh
- Middle High German: -lich
- German: -lich
- Luxembourgish: -lech
- Yiddish: ־לעך (-lekh)
- Middle High German: -lich
- Old English: -līċ, -līh, -lī
- Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: -ligr
- Icelandic: -legur
- Faroese: -ligur
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: -lig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: -leg
- Old Swedish: -līker
- Swedish: -lig
- Old Danish: -lig
- Danish: -lig
- Old Norse: -ligr
- Gothic: -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (-leiks)