-ligr

See also: ligr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”).

Suffix

-ligr

1. suffix used to create adjectives, having the sense of -y, -ly, -like
2. (weak neuter accusative singular) used to create adverbs from these adjectives

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -ligr

annarligr

annarsligr

armligr

atgengiligr

athugasamligr

biskupligr

dáligr

erkibiskupligr

herfiligr

karlmannligr

kvennligr

kvennmannligr

kærligr

leikligr

leikmannligr

magrligr

makligr

optligr

samligr

trúligr

uggligr

upphafligr

ógnarligr

ógurligr

úfriðligr

þurftuligr

þínsligr

œgiligr

Old Norse terms suffixed with -liga

athugasamliga

makliga

optliga

úfriðliga

Descendants

• Icelandic: -legur
• Faroese: -ligur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: -leg; (dialectal) -leg’e, -lig’e, -ligan; (also from leginn) -legjen
• Old Swedish: -līker
  • Swedish: -lig
• Old Danish: -lig
  • Danish: -lig
    • Norwegian Bokmål: -lig