gelike

Swedish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Germanic *ga-

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *galīkaz

Proto-West Germanic *galīk

Old Saxon gilīk

Middle Low German gelikbor.

Swedish gelike

Borrowed from Middle Low German gelik, from Old Saxon gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic *galīk, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from *ga- + *-līkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛˈliːkɛ/
• Rhymes: -iːkɛ

Noun

gelike c

1. (derogatory) peer, crony, associate, companion

   Synonym: kumpan

Usage notes

Mostly in plural.

Declension

Declension of gelike

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gelike	gelikes
	definite	geliken	gelikens
plural	indefinite	gelikar	gelikars
	definite	gelikarna	gelikarnas

References

• “gelike”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gelike”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “gelike”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• gelike in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)