Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkēn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līkāną.

Verb

*līkēn

1. to be pleasing

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*līkēn
1st sg. past	*līk?dā
Infinitive	*līkēn
Genitive infin.	*līkēnijas
Dative infin.	*līkēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*līkēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*līkē	*līk?dā
2nd singular	*līkēs	*līk?dēs, *līk?dēs
3rd singular	*līkēþ	*līk?dē, *līk?dā
1st plural	*līkēm	*līk?dum
2nd plural	*līkēþ	*līk?dud
3rd plural	*līkēnþ	*līk?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*līkē	*līk?dī
2nd singular	*līkēs	*līk?dī
3rd singular	*līkē	*līk?dī
1st plural	*līkēm	*līk?dīm
2nd plural	*līkēþ	*līk?dīd
3rd plural	*līkēn	*līk?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*līkē
Plural	*līkēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*līkēndī	*līk?d

Descendants

• Old English: līcian
  • Middle English: liken, lyken
    • Scots: like
    • English: like
      • → Welsh: leicio, licio
      • → German: liken
      • → Dutch: liken
      • → French: liker
      • → Spanish: likear
• Old Frisian: līkia
  • Saterland Frisian: liekje
  • West Frisian: lykje
• Old Saxon: līkōn
  • Middle Low German: liken
    • Low German: lieken
• Old Dutch: līcon
  • Middle Dutch: liken
    • Dutch: lijken
• Old High German: līhhēn
  • Middle High German: līchen
    • German: leichen