litteken
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From Dutch litteken, from Middle Dutch lidteken, from older lijcteken.
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litteken (plural littekens)
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From Middle Dutch lidteken, remotivation (as “member mark”) of older lijcteken (literally “body mark”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkataikn. Cognate with Old High German līhzeihhan, whence (with interpretation as “glue mark”) archaic German Leimzeichen, Luxembourgish Läinzeechen.
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litteken n (plural littekens, diminutive littekentje n)
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- Afrikaans: litteken