Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laibō

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

Derived from *lībaną (“to stay”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.βɔː/

Noun edit

*laibō f

what is left, remainder, remnant

Inflection edit

ō-stemDeclension of *laibō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laibō	*laibôz
vocative	*laibō	*laibôz
accusative	*laibǭ	*laibōz
genitive	*laibōz	*laibǫ̂
dative	*laibōi	*laibōmaz
instrumental	*laibō	*laibōmiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *laibu
- Old English: lāf
  - Middle English: love, lave, leve, loove; lafe, læve, loave
    - English: lave
    - Scots: lave
- Old Frisian: lāva
- Old Saxon: lēba
- Old High German: leiba, leipa
  - Middle High German: leibe
Proto-Norse: *ᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*laibaʀ)
- ⇒ Proto-Norse: *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalaibaʀ), *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalaibaʀ)
- Old Norse: leif
  - Icelandic: leif
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: leiv, (leivd)
  - (Faroese: leivd)
  - Old Swedish: lēf
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (laiba)

References edit

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN