Etymology

brushlike

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Today it means: Having the form of a brush. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  3. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  4. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  5. Frankish*bursti
  6. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  7. Old Frenchbroisse
  8. Middle Englishbrusshe
  9. Englishbrush
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. English todaybrushlike

From brush + -like.

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