Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/likkōną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Pre-Germanic *liǵʰnéh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (to lick). Cognate with Latin lingō (lick, verb).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*likkōną

  1. to lick

Inflection

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The original paradigm likely consisted of two stem variants, *likk- and *lig-.

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Descendants

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