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Etymology tree
English feather
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English featherlike

    From feather + -like.

    Adjective

    featherlike (comparative more featherlike, superlative most featherlike)

    1. Having the characteristics of plumage.
    2. As light as a feather.
    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/featherlike