Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galīk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *galīkaz.

Adjective

*galīk[1]

alike, similar

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*galīk	*galīku	*galīk
Accusative	*galīkanā	*galīkā	*galīk
Genitive	*galīkas	*galīkeʀā	*galīkas
Dative	*galīkumē	*galīkeʀē	*galīkumē
Instrumental	*galīku	*galīkeʀu	*galīku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*galīkē	*galīkō	*galīku
Accusative	*galīkā	*galīkā	*galīku
Genitive	*galīkeʀō	*galīkeʀō	*galīkeʀō
Dative	galīkēm, galīkum	galīkēm, galīkum	galīkēm, galīkum
Instrumental	galīkēm, galīkum	galīkēm, galīkum	galīkēm, galīkum

Derived terms

*galīkō
*līkattjan

Descendants

Old English: ġelīc
- Middle English: ylike, ȝelic, ilike, yliche, iliche, elike
  - English: alike, like
  - Scots: ylike, ylyke, elike, elyke
Old Frisian: gelīk
- Saterland Frisian: gliek
- West Frisian: gelyk
Old Saxon: gilīk
- Middle Low German: gelīke
  - Low German: gliek, glieks, liek; glyk (Paderbornisch)
Old Dutch: *gilīk, gelik, gelich
- Middle Dutch: gelijc
  - Dutch: gelijk
    - Afrikaans: gelyk
Old High German: gilīh, kilih
- Middle High German: gelīch, gelich, gelīche, glīch
  - Alemannic German: glich
  - Bavarian: glei
  - German: gleich
  - Hunsrik: gleich
  - Luxembourgish: gläich
  - Vilamovian: głajch
  - Yiddish: גלײַך‎ (glaykh)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “PWGmc *galīk”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “PWGmc *galīk”