-ligr

Old Norse

suffix
Definitions
  • suffix used to create adjectives, having the sense of -y, -ly, -like
  • (weak neuter accusative singular) used to create adverbs from these adjectives

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (having the body form of, -like, shaped).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*-līkaz

Gloss

having the body form of, -like, shaped

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