Likeness
Old English gelīknes (see alike, -ness).
wiktionary
From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes(“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī(“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian likenis(“likeness”), Dutch gelijkenis(“similarity; likeness; parable”), German Low German Glieknis(“form; semblance; likeness; parable”), German Gleichnis(“form; semblance; image; likeness; parable; simile”). The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja(“figure, image, appearance, likeness”).
etymonline
likeness (n.)
"representation of an object, that which resembles another, a like shape or form," Old English (Northumbrian) licnes "likeness, similarity; figure, statue, image," shortened from gelicness; see like (adj.) + -ness. Similar formation in Old Saxon gelicnass, Dutch gelijkenis, German Gleichnes.
