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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkijaną

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 *-līkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*līkijaną

  1. to conform, to be of an agreeable kind
  2. to please, to be pleasing (to +dative)

Inflection

Usage notes

Judging from Gothic evidence, the difference between this verb and the derived verb *galīkijaną seems to have only been one of transitivity. The former could take an object in the dative, while the latter was intransitive only. Other than that the meanings were pretty much identical.

Derived terms

  • *galīkijaną

Descendants

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