Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkahamô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

*līką +‎ *hamô

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.kɑˌxɑ.mɔːː/

Noun

*līkahamô m

1. the human body; bodily frame
2. corpse

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *līkahamô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*līkahamô	*līkahamaniz
vocative	*līkahamô	*līkahamaniz
accusative	*līkahamanų	*līkahamanunz
genitive	*līkahaminiz	*līkahamanǫ̂
dative	*līkahamini	*līkahamammaz
instrumental	*līkahaminē	*līkahamammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *līkahamō
  • Old English: līchama, līchoma, līcema
    • Middle English: likame, licame, lichame
      • Scots: lekame
      • English: likam
  • Old Frisian: līkama, līkoma, līkkoma, līkma
    • Saterland Frisian: licman (obsolete)
    • West Frisian: lichem
  • Old Saxon: līkhamo
    • Middle Low German: licham, lickham, likam, lîkem
      • Low German: Liekam, Luikem
  • Old Dutch: līkamo m; līknamo m
    • Middle Dutch: lichāme m or n
      • Dutch: lichaam n
        • Afrikaans: liggaam
  • Old High German: līhhamo, līchamo, līhhinhamo, līhhinamo
    • Middle High German: līcham, līchame; līchname
      • German: Leichnam
• Old Norse: líkami, líkamr; líkhami; líkhamr
  • Faroese: likamur m, likam n
  • Icelandic: líkami, líkamur
  • Danish: legeme
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: legeme
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lekam
  • Old Swedish: līkami, likamin
    • Swedish: lekamen