-lijk
Dutch (Brabantic)
/lək/
suffix
Definitions
- -ly, -al, -ous
- -able
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch -lijc inherited from Old Dutch -līk 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
- -like English
- -ly English
- -lich German
- wahrscheinlich German
- eigen Dutch, Flemish
- eigenlijk Dutch, Flemish
- oneigenlijk Dutch, Flemish
- verwonderen Dutch, Flemish
- verwonderlijk Dutch, Flemish
- *-līkaz Proto-Germanic
- -lic Old English
- -līc Old English
- -like Middle English
- -ly Middle English
- -ligr Old Norse
- hvilken Danish
- lig Danish
- slig Danish
- -lijc Middle Dutch
- -lih Old High German
- -līh Old High German
- -lik Afrikaans
- -lich Middle High German
- -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- -līk Old Dutch
- -lik Old Frisian