Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubą

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

Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbʰ-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlu.βɑ̃/

Noun edit

*lubą n

praise

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lubą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lubą	*lubō
vocative	*lubą	*lubō
accusative	*lubą	*lubō
genitive	lubas, lubis	*lubǫ̂
dative	*lubai	*lubamaz
instrumental	*lubō	*lubamiz

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *lob
- Old English: lof
  - Middle English: lof, lofe
    - Scots: lofe
    - English: lofe, loff
- Old Frisian: lof
  - North Frisian: lof
  - West Frisian: lof
- Old Saxon: lof
- Old Dutch: lof
  - Middle Dutch: lof
    - Dutch: lof
- Old High German: lob
  - German: Lob
  - Luxembourgish: Luef
Old Norse: lof
- Icelandic: lof
- Faroese: lov
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lov
- Norwegian Bokmål: lov
- Old Swedish: lof
  - Swedish: lov, lof (pre-1906 spelling)
- Danish: lov
→ Proto-Finnic: *lupa (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *lopē (see there for further descendants)