Etymology

accordionlike

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Today it means: Resembling an accordion Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English accordion
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The story

  1. GermanAkkord
  2. GermanAkkordeon
  3. Englishaccordion
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. English todayaccordionlike

From accordion + -like.

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