How so? German/Dutch
licht should correspond to modern English
light, and this is indeed the case:
> From Middle High German liecht, from Old High German lioht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Dutch licht, English light.
> light, bright (luminescent)
> unobstructed, clear
(The Dutch word, like the English word, also means "the opposite of heavy".)
( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/licht#Etymology )
Lich comes from Old English lic, a completely different kind of word form. [The Old English form suggested by light is liht, but in fact the OE word is leoht.]
It is unrelated to light; instead, the more common descendant of lic in modern English is the word like.
> From Middle High German liecht, from Old High German lioht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Dutch licht, English light.
> light, bright (luminescent)
> unobstructed, clear
(The Dutch word, like the English word, also means "the opposite of heavy".)
( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/licht#Etymology )
Lich comes from Old English lic, a completely different kind of word form. [The Old English form suggested by light is liht, but in fact the OE word is leoht.]
It is unrelated to light; instead, the more common descendant of lic in modern English is the word like.