Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubją

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

From Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Sense of love potion influenced by similar forms from unrelated *lubō (“love”). Cognate with Irish luibh (“herb”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlub.jɑ̃/

Noun

*lubją n

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *lubją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lubją	*lubjō
vocative	*lubją	*lubjō
accusative	*lubją	*lubjō
genitive	lubjas, lubis	*lubjǫ̂
dative	*lubjai	*lubjamaz
instrumental	*lubjō	*lubjamiz

Related terms

*luftuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lubi
- Old English: lybb, lyb
  - Middle English: libbe
    - Scots: lib
    - English: lib
- Old Saxon: *lubbi
  - Middle Low German: lubbe
    - ⇒ German Low German: Lübbstick
- Old Dutch: *lubbi
  - Middle Dutch: libbe, lebbe
- Old High German: lubbi, *lub, lupi, luppi
  - Middle High German: luppe, lüppe
    - German: Luppe, Lüppe
Old Norse: lyf
- Icelandic: lyf
- Norwegian: lyv (dialectal), lyv (> lyvja)
- Swedish: luf (> lyva)
- Old Danish: løv
- Elfdalian: lyv, löve
- Helsingian: levjer f pl
Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌹 (*lubi) (> 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lubjaleis), 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (lubjaleisei))