Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkahamō

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 *līkahamô, equivalent to *līk +‎ *hamō.

Noun

*līkahamō m

(human) body, trunk
Synonyms: *bodag, *būk, *līk
corpse
Synonym: *bodag

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: līchama, līchoma, līcema
- Middle English: likame, licame, lichame
  - Scots: lekame
  - English: likam
Old Frisian: līkama, līkoma, līkkoma, līkma
- Saterland Frisian: licman (obsolete)
- West Frisian: lichem
Old Saxon: līkhamo
- Middle Low German: licham, lickham, likam, lîkem
Old Dutch: līkamo m; līknamo m
- Middle Dutch: lichāme m or n
  - Dutch: lichaam n
    - Afrikaans: liggaam
Old High German: līhhamo, līchamo; līhhinhamo, līhhinamo
- Middle High German: līcham, līchame; līchname
  - German: Leichnam