Etymology

rudderlike

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

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁roh₁-(ye-)-ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*rōaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*rōþrą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*rōþr
  6. Old Englishrōþor
  7. Middle Englishrother
  8. Englishrudder
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayrudderlike

From rudder + -like.

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