Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līkahamō

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 *līkahamô, equivalent to *līk +‎ *hamō.

Noun

*līkahamō m

1. (human) body, trunk

   Synonyms: *bodag, *būk, *līk

2. corpse

   Synonym: *bodag

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līkahamō
Genitive	*līkahamini, *līkahaman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līkahamō	*līkahaman
Accusative	*līkahaman	*līkahaman
Genitive	*līkahamini, *līkahaman	*līkahamanō
Dative	*līkahamini, *līkahaman	*līkahamum
Instrumental	*līkahamini, *līkahaman	*līkahamum

Descendants

• 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