lijken
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈlɛi̯kə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (copulative) to seem, appear
- (intransitive) to look like, resemble (depict well what it is intended to)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch geliken inherited from Old Dutch *gilīkon inherited from Proto-Germanic *galīkōną (make even, resemble).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*galīkōną
Gloss
make even, resemble
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- belike English
- beliked English
- dislike English
- forelike English
- liddat English
- likable English
- likam English
- like English
- like-cultured English
- like-gendered English
- like-minded English
- like-positioned English
- likeability English
- likeable English
- likeful English
- likeless English
- likely English
- liken English
- likeness English
- liker English
- likesome English
- likest English
- liketh English
- likewise English
- likeworthy English
- liking English
- likish English
- mislike English
- plainlike English
- semilike English
- such English
- suchlike English
- unlikable English
- unlike English
- which English
- Like German
- liken German
- lájkol Hungarian
- gelijken Dutch, Flemish
- gelijkenis Dutch, Flemish
- liken Dutch, Flemish
- ontlijken Dutch, Flemish
- лайк Russian
- лайкать Russian
- лайкнуть Russian
- likear Spanish, Castilian
- *galīkōną Proto-Germanic
- lajk Polish
- liken Middle English
- like Danish
- لایک Persian
- leicio Welsh
- geliken Middle Dutch
- gilīhhon Old High German
- ilike Tagalog
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- *gilīkon Old Dutch
- gilīkon Old Dutch
- gilīkōn Old Saxon
- līkia Old Frisian
- laik Tok Pisin
- laikim Tok Pisin
- leki Sranan Tongo
- laik Nigerian Pidgin