Leich
Central Franconian
noun
Definitions
- (Moselle Franconian) corpse dead human body
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German līh root from Proto-Indo-European *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
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- ἐλελίζω Ancient Greek
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *laikaną Proto-Germanic
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- *līkāną Proto-Germanic
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- like Middle English
- lihamo Old High German
- līh Old High German
- līche Middle High German
- *laygos Proto-Celtic
- *lāɸigos Proto-Celtic
- Leich Pennsylvania German
- Lich Central Franconian
- Leich Plautdietsch