Etymology

sausagelike

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Today it means: Resembling a sausage; often specifically sausage-shaped. Full definition →

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

  1. Anglo-Normansausiche
  2. Middle Englishsawsiche
  3. Englishsausage
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. English todaysausagelike

From sausage + -like.

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