Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galīkāną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editVerb
edit*galīkāną
- to please
Inflection
editConjugation of *galīkāną (weak class 3)
Usage notes
editJudging from Gothic evidence, the difference between the base verb *līkāną and this verb seems to have only been one of transitivity. The former could take an object in the dative, while the latter was intransitive only. Other than that the meanings were pretty much identical.
Descendants
editThis verb often merged with *līkāną. Below are listed only those that might have descended from this verb.