lík
Icelandic
/liːk/
noun
Definitions
- dead body, corpse
- an empty bottle or can of alcohol
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse lík (leech, body, leechline) derived from Proto-Germanic *līką (bolt-rope, corpse, body) derived from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*līg-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *līg- Proto-Indo-European
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- lic Old English
- lík Old Norse
- líkamr Old Norse
- líkhamr Old Norse
- *lice Proto-Slavic
- kista Icelandic
- líkkista Icelandic
- líkskurður Icelandic
- skurður Icelandic
- lih Old High German
- līh Old High German
- lík Faroese
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 Gothic
- *līk gmw-pro
- lik Old Swedish
- līk Old Frisian