Etymology

rodlike

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Today it means: Resembling a rod, usually in shape Full definition →

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

  1. Old English*rodd
  2. Middle Englishrodde
  3. Englishrod
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. English todayrodlike

From rod + -like.

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