-lic
Old English
suffix
Definitions
- forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of "characteristic of, pertaining to"
- forming adjectives denoting multiplicity (compare English m
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (having the body form of, -like, shaped).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*-līkaz
Gloss
having the body form of, -like, shaped
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lich English
- lichway English
- lichyard English
- lych-gate English
- -lich German
- wahrscheinlich German
- -lijk Dutch, Flemish
- eigenlijk Dutch, Flemish
- verwonderlijk Dutch, Flemish
- -lig Norwegian Bokmål
- *-līkaz Proto-Germanic
- -lig Swedish
- -leg Norwegian Nynorsk
- -līc Old English
- lich Middle English
- -ligr Old Norse
- hvilken Danish
- lig Danish
- slig Danish
- -legur Icelandic
- -lijc Middle Dutch
- -lih Old High German
- -līh Old High German
- -lik Afrikaans
- -ligur Faroese
- -lich Middle High German
- -lech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- -līk Old Dutch
- -līker Old Swedish
- -lik Old Frisian