Etymology

penguinlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a penguin Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Celtic*kʷennom
  2. Proto-Brythonic*penn
  3. Welshpen?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-der.?
  5. Proto-Celtic*windos
  6. Proto-Brythonic*gwɨnn
  7. Welshgwyn?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*peyh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰenǵʰ-influ.?
  10. Latinpinguisder.?
  11. Englishpenguin
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. English todaypenguinlike

From penguin + -like.

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