lih
Old High German
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) body
Etymology
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
- 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
- lic Old English
- lichama Old English
- lictun Old English
- līc Old English
- swylc Old English
- like Middle English
- lík Old Norse
- líkamr Old Norse
- líkhamr Old Norse
- lík Icelandic
- līh Old High German
- lík Faroese
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 Gothic
- *līk gmw-pro
- *laygos Proto-Celtic
- *lāɸigos Proto-Celtic
- lik Old Swedish
- līk Old Frisian
- Leich Pennsylvania German
- Leich Plautdietsch