Etymology

harplike

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Today it means: Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music Full definition →

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

  1. Englishharp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayharplike

From harp + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.