Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkēn

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 *līkijaną.

Verb

*līkēn

to be pleasing

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*līkēn
Infinitive	*līkēn
Genitive infin.	*līkēnijas
Dative infin.	*līkēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*līkēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*līkē	*līk?dā
2nd singular	*līkēs	līk?dēs, līk?dēs
3rd singular	*līkēþ	līk?dē, līk?dā
1st plural	*līkēm	*līk?dum
2nd plural	*līkēþ	*līk?dud
3rd plural	*līkēnþ	*līk?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*līkē	*līk?dī
2nd singular	*līkēs	*līk?dī
3rd singular	*līkē	*līk?dī
1st plural	*līkēm	*līk?dīm
2nd plural	*līkēþ	*līk?dīd
3rd plural	*līkēn	*līk?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*līkē
Plural	*līkēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*līkēndī	*līk?d

Descendants

Old English: līcian
- Middle English: liken, lyken
  - Scots: like
  - English: like
    - → Welsh: leicio
    - → German: liken
    - → Dutch: liken
    - → French: liker
    - → Spanish: likear
Old Frisian: līkia
- Saterland Frisian: liekje
- West Frisian: lykje
Old Saxon: līkōn
- Middle Low German: liken
  - Low German: lieken
Old Dutch: līcon
- Middle Dutch: liken
  - Dutch: lijken
Old High German: līhhēn
- Middle High German: līchen
  - German: leichen