lieflijk
Dutch (Brabantic)
adj
Definitions
- lovely; beautiful
Etymology
Suffix from Dutch, Flemish lief (love, dear, beloved) inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*leubalīkaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lieb German
- lieblich German
- lief Dutch, Flemish
- liefdadig Dutch, Flemish
- liefhebben Dutch, Flemish
- lieveling Dutch, Flemish
- lieven Dutch, Flemish
- poeslief Dutch, Flemish
- zoonlief Dutch, Flemish
- *leubalīka Proto-Germanic
- *leubalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- leoflic Old English
- ljúfligr Old Norse
- lief Middle Dutch
- lieplich Middle High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 Gothic