Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkahamô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *līką +‎ *hamô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliː.kɑˌxɑ.mɔːː/

Noun

*līkahamô m

the human body; bodily frame
corpse

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *līkahamô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*līkahamô	*līkahamaniz
vocative	*līkahamô	*līkahamaniz
accusative	*līkahamanų	*līkahamanunz
genitive	*līkahaminiz	*līkahamanǫ̂
dative	*līkahamini	*līkahamammaz
instrumental	*līkahaminē	*līkahamammiz

Descendants

Old English: līchama, līchoma, līcema
- Middle English: likame, licame, lichame
  - Scots: lekame
  - English: likam
Old Frisian: līkama, līkoma, līkkoma, līkma
- Saterland Frisian: licman (obsolete), Lieke
- West Frisian: lichem
Old Saxon: līkhamo
- Middle Low German: licham, lickham, likam, līkem
Old Dutch: līkamo m; līknamo m
- Middle Dutch: lichāme m or n
  - Dutch: lichaam n
    - Afrikaans: liggaam
Old High German: līhhamo, līchamo; līhhinhamo, līhhinamo
- Middle High German: līcham, līchame; līchname
  - German: Leichnam
Old Norse: líkami, líkamr
- Icelandic: líkami, líkamur
- Faroese: likamur m, likam n
- Norwegian: legeme
- Old Swedish: līkami, likamin
  - Swedish: lekamen
- Danish: legeme

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.