lich
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- A body.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English līċ (body) inherited from *līk inherited from Proto-Germanic *līką (bolt-rope, corpse, body) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl), *leyg- (shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyg-
Gloss
shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lich English
- lichway English
- lichyard English
- lych-gate English
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- ἐλελίζω Ancient Greek
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *līg- Proto-Indo-European
- *laikaną Proto-Germanic
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- *līkāną Proto-Germanic
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- gelic Old English
- lic Old English
- licþeote Old English
- līċ Old English
- like Middle English
- lík Old Norse
- lih Old High German
- līh Old High German
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 Gothic
- *līk gmw-pro
- *līk Old Dutch
- *laygos Proto-Celtic
- *lāɸigos Proto-Celtic
- lik Old Saxon
- līk Old Frisian
- Leich Pennsylvania German
- Leich Plautdietsch