Etymology

songlike

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Today it means: Resembling a song Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sengʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séngʷʰ-e-ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*singwaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*sangwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*sangu
  6. Old Englishsang
  7. Middle Englishsong
  8. Englishsong
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todaysonglike

From song + -like.

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