like

Scots

verb

Definitions

To like.
To be hesitant to do something.
To love somebody or something.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English līcian (please, be like, be sufficient, be pleasing).

Origin

Old English

līcian

Gloss

please, be like, be sufficient, be pleasing

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*līkāną Proto-Germanic
gelician Old English
līcian Old English
mislician Old English
liken Middle English