Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lubistik

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lubisticum, from Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum.

Noun

*lubistik m

1. lovage (Levisticum officinale)

   Synonyms: *lubistikil, *lubistikilā, *lubistikō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lubistik
Genitive	*lubistikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lubistik	*lubistikō, *lubistikōs
Accusative	*lubistik	*lubistikā
Genitive	*lubistikas	*lubistikō
Dative	*lubistikē	*lubistikum
Instrumental	*lubistiku	*lubistikum

Alternative reconstructions

• *libistik, *libistok, *lubistok

Derived terms

• *lubistikil
• *lubistikilā
  • Old High German: lubistekkila, lubisteckila
• *lubistikō
  • Old English: lufestiċe, lubestiċa (readjusted via folk etymology)
    • Middle English: lufestice, lubestice, luvestiche, luvestike
  • Old Saxon: lubesteko
  • Old High German: lubistehho, lubistecho, lubbistehho, lubistekko, lubistecko, lubbistecho
    • Middle High German: lübestecke

Descendants

• Old Saxon: livistok, libistok, livistokk, libistokk, livistik, livestok
  • Middle Low German: lēverstok, lēverstock, lofstock, lōvestok, lōvestock, lübbestok, lübbestock, lubbestock, lubstock, lobestock, lavestock
• Old Dutch: *lubistok
  • Middle Dutch: lēvestoc, lubbestok, lupstok
• Old High German: lubistek, lubistec
  • Middle High German: liebstück, lübstock
    • German: Luststock
    • → Czech: libeček
    • → Polish: lubczyk (see there for further descendants)