English

lichdom

From lich + -dom.

Formed from lich + -dom

Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ‘to jump around, run around’

Proto-Germanic *līką ‘body’

Proto-West Germanic *līk ‘body’

Old English līċ

Middle English lich ‘a body’

English lich

Today it means

noun The state of being a lich.

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