Etymology

intervocalically

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Frenchvocal
  8. Frenchvocalique
  9. Englishvocalic
  10. Englishintervocalic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. English todayintervocalically

From intervocalic + -ally.

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