leich
Middle High German
noun
Definitions
- a song consisting of strophes of unequal length
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German leih (song, melody, a play, skit, music) derived from Proto-Germanic *laikaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl), *leyg- (shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyg-
Gloss
shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lai English
- lek English
- Laich German
- Leich German
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- lai French
- ἐλελίζω Ancient Greek
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *laikaną Proto-Germanic
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- *līkāną Proto-Germanic
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- fartlek Swedish
- halvlek Swedish
- kortlek Swedish
- lek Swedish
- lekkamrat Swedish
- lac Old English
- lai Middle English
- like Middle English
- leikr Old Norse
- leih Old High German
- līh Old High German
- lai Middle French
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *laygos Proto-Celtic
- *lāɸigos Proto-Celtic
- *laih, *laik Frankish
- Leich Pennsylvania German
- Leich Plautdietsch