-lig
Swedish
suffix
Definitions
- ly, -like; forms adjectives
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish -līker derived from Old Norse -ligr (-ly, like) derived 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
- -ly English
- -lig Norwegian Bokmål
- *-līkaz Proto-Germanic
- -leg Norwegian Nynorsk
- koseleg Norwegian Nynorsk
- -lic Old English
- -līc Old English
- -ly Middle English
- -ligr Old Norse
- hvilken Danish
- lig Danish
- slig Danish
- -legur Icelandic
- draugalegur Icelandic
- -lih Old High German
- -līh Old High German
- -ligur Faroese
- -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- -līk Old Dutch
- -līker Old Swedish
- -lik Old Frisian