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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hardulīkaz

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

Etymology

From *harduz (hard) + *-līkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑr.ðu.liː.kɑz/

Adjective

*hardulīkaz[1]

  1. severe
  2. tenacious

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: heardlīċ
  • Old High German: hartlīh
  • Old Norse: harðligr
    • Old Norse: harðlegur

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xardu-līkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
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