Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkahamô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*līką +‎ *hamô

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.kɑˌxɑ.mɔːː/

Noun

*līkahamô m

  1. the human body; bodily frame
  2. corpse

Inflection

Declension 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

  • Proto-West Germanic: *līkahamō
    • Old English: līchama, līchoma, līcema
      • Middle English: likame, licame, lichame
        • Scots: lekame
        • English: likam
    • Old Frisian: līkama, līkoma, līkkoma, līkma
      • Saterland Frisian: licman (obsolete)
      • West Frisian: lichem
    • Old Saxon: līkhamo m; līknamo m
      • Middle Low German: licham, lickham, likam, lîkem
        • Low German: Liekam, Lieknam, Luikem
    • Old Dutch: līkamo m; līknamo m
    • Old High German: līhhamo, līchamo, līhhinhamo, līhhinamo, līhamo
      • Middle High German: līcham, līchame; līchname
  • Old Norse: líkami, líkamr, líkhami, líkhamr
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