Etymology

dreamlike

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Today it means: Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*draumaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*draum
  4. Old Englishdrēam
  5. Middle Englishdrem
  6. Englishdream
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todaydreamlike

From dream + -like.

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