Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewbʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Root

*lewbʰ-

2. to desire, covet, want (someone or something)
3. to admire, praise
4. to love

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbʰ- (love)

• *lubʰ-yé-ti (ye-present)
  • Albanian: *luPi-
    • Albanian: lyp
  • Indo-Iranian: *lubʰyáti
    • Indo-Aryan: *lubʰyáti
      • Sanskrit: लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to desire, to be perplexed”)
• *lowbʰ-éye-ti (causative)
  • Balto-Slavic: *ljaubīˀtei
    • Slavic: *ľubiti (“to love”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *lawbʰáyati
    • Indo-Aryan: *lawbʰáyati
      • Sanskrit: लोभयति (lobháyati, “to make crazy”)
• *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative)
  • Italic: *luβēō (“to desire”)
    • Latin: libet
• *lewbʰ-o-s
  • Balto-Slavic: *ljaubas
    • Slavic: *ľubъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *leubaz (“dear, beloved”) (see there for further descendants)
• *l(e)ubʰ-eh₂
  • Germanic: *lubō (“love”), *leubō (see there for further descendants)
• *lubʰ-o-m
  • Germanic: *lubą (“praise”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Germanic: *lubōną (“to praise”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: liaupsė (“praise”)
  • Balto-Slavic: *ljaubūˀ
    • Slavic: *ľubỳ (“love”, noun) (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *louβ-
    • Oscan: loufir
  • Sanskrit: लोभ (lobha)

Root

*lewbʰ-

2. to cut off

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbʰ- (cut off)

• *lowbʰ-o-m
  • Germanic: *laubą (“leaf”) (see there for further descendants)
• lubʰ-ró-s
  • Italic: *luβros
    • Latin: liber (“inner bark of a tree; book”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Old Church Slavonic: лѹбъ (lubŭ, “bark of a tree”)
  • Lithuanian: lùpti (“to peel, to shell”)
  • Ancient Greek: λυπή (lupḗ, “pain”)
  • Ancient Greek: λέπω (lépō, “peel”)
  • Ancient Greek: λεπτός (leptós, “thin”)
  • Iranian: *libah (Perhaps)
    • Classical Persian: لیف‎ (līf, “bark of palm; leaf of tree”)
    • Talysh: (/līv/, “leaf”)

      Arabic: لیو‎

      Latin: liv