Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, although the appearance of the voiced (unstressed) Verner alternant b is unexpected. The verb may be back-formed from an older verb with the voiced alternant, such as *libjaną.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*lībaną[1][2]

  1. to remain, to be left

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative and inchoative derived from it are attested in several languages.

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*līban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*lībanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 247