Etymology

weasel-like

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English weasel
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  1. Proto-Germanic*wisulǭ
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wisulā
  3. Old Englishweosule
  4. Middle Englishwēsele
  5. Englishweasel
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todayweasel-like

From weasel + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.