Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editProbably 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
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *lībaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editThere 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.