-lich
German (Berlin)
/lɪç/
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German -lich inherited from Old High German -līh 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
- -ly English
- Wahrscheinlichkeit German
- scheinen German
- unwahrscheinlich German
- wahr German
- wahrscheinlich German
- -lijk Dutch, Flemish
- eigenlijk Dutch, Flemish
- verwonderlijk Dutch, Flemish
- waarschijnlijk Dutch, Flemish
- -lig Norwegian Bokmål
- *-līkaz Proto-Germanic
- sannsynleg Norwegian Nynorsk
- -lic Old English
- -līc Old English
- -ly Middle English
- -ligr Old Norse
- hvilken Danish
- lig Danish
- slig Danish
- verŝajne Esperanto
- -lijc Middle Dutch
- -lih Old High German
- -līh Old High German
- -lik Afrikaans
- -lich Middle High German
- -lech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- ־לעך Yiddish
- -līk Old Dutch
- -lik Old Frisian