Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībą

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

Etymology

Likely derived from *lībaną (“to remain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliː.βɑ̃/

Noun

*lībą n

body
Synonyms: *būkaz, *ferhwō, *ferhuz, *līką, *kruppaz

Hyponym: *līkahamô
life
Synonyms: *ferhwō, *ferhuz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lībą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lībą	*lībō
vocative	*lībą	*lībō
accusative	*lībą	*lībō
genitive	lības, lībis	*lībǫ̂
dative	*lībai	*lībamaz
instrumental	*lībō	*lībamiz

Related terms

*libjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *līb
- Old English: līf
  - Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live
    - English: life
    - Scots: life, leif
    - Yola: lief, life
- Old Frisian: līf
  - North Frisian: liff
  - Saterland Frisian: Lieuw
  - West Frisian: liif
- Old Saxon: līf
  - Middle Low German: lîf
    - German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
    - Plautdietsch: Läwen
- Old Dutch: līf
  - Middle Dutch: lijf
    - Dutch: lijf
      - Afrikaans: lyf
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: lifu
      - Negerhollands: lief, lif, lijf
    - Limburgish: lief
    - Zealandic: lief
- Old High German: līb
  - Middle High German: līp, līph, līf, līb
    - Alemannic German: Liib
    - Central Franconian: Liev, Leiv
      Hunsrik: Leib
      Luxembourgish: Läif, Leif
    - Cimbrian: laip
    - German: Leib
    - Vilamovian: łaowa
    - Yiddish: לײַב (layb)
Old Norse: líf
- Icelandic: líf
- Faroese: lív
- Norn: liv
- Norwegian Bokmål: liv
- Norwegian Nynorsk: liv
- Elfdalian: liv, laiv
- Old Swedish: līf
  - Swedish: liv
- Danish: liv
- Gutnish: liev