līk-

Body, form; like, same. Germanic root.

Derivatives include alike, each, and frolic.

1. lych-gate, from Old English līc, form, body.

2. -ly¹, -ly², from Old English -līc, having the form of.

3.

a. alike, like², likely, from Old English gelīc, similar, and Old Norse (g)līkr, like, both from Germanic *galīkaz;

b. each; every, from Old English ǣlc, each, from Germanic phrase *aiwo galīkaz, “ever alike” (*aiwo, *aiwi, ever; see aiw-).

4. Germanic compound *is-līk- (see i-).

5. alike, from Old English onlīc, from Germanic *ana-līkaz.

6. frolic, from Middle Dutch -lijc, -like.

7. like¹, from Old English līcian, to please, from Germanic *līkjan.

8. Germanic compound *hwa-līk- (see kʷo-).

 

[Pokorny 2. lē̆ig- 667.]

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