líkamr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- body
Etymology
Compound from Old Norse lík (leech, body, leechline) + Old Norse hamr inherited from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô (body, corpse, bodily frame).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*līkahamô
Gloss
body, corpse, bodily frame
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
骸
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *hamaz Proto-Germanic
- *hamô Proto-Germanic
- *līkahamô Proto-Germanic
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- ham Norwegian Nynorsk
- lichama Old English
- līcema Old English
- hamr Old Norse
- lík Old Norse
- lík(h)ami, líkhami Old Norse
- líkami Old Norse
- líkhami Old Norse
- líkhamr Old Norse
- ham Danish
- hamur Icelandic
- lík Icelandic
- líkamsrækt Icelandic
- líkamur Icelandic
- līhhinhamo Old High German
- lík Faroese
- lichamo Old Dutch
- lik Old Swedish
- *likhamo Frankish