Etymology

sheeplike

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Today it means: Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*skēpą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skāp
  3. Old Englishsċēap
  4. Middle Englishschep
  5. Englishsheep
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todaysheeplike

From sheep + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.