-ligr

See also: ligr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”).

Suffix

-ligr

suffix used to create adjectives, having the sense of -y, -ly, -like
(weak neuter accusative singular) used to create adverbs from these adjectives

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -liga

Descendants

Icelandic: -legur
Faroese: -ligur
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: -lig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: -leg
Old Swedish: -līker
- Swedish: -lig
Old Danish: -lig
- Danish: -lig