Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”), 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lībaną

1. to remain, to be left

Inflection

Conjugation of *lībaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lībō	*lībaų	—	*lībai	?
2nd singular	*lībizi	*lībaiz	*līb	*lībazai	*lībaizau
3rd singular	*lībidi	*lībai	*lībadau	*lībadai	*lībaidau
1st dual	*lībōz	*lībaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lībadiz	*lībaidiz	*lībadiz	—	—
1st plural	*lībamaz	*lībaim	—	*lībandai	*lībaindau
2nd plural	*lībid	*lībaid	*lībid	*lībandai	*lībaindau
3rd plural	*lībandi	*lībain	*lībandau	*lībandai	*lībaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*laib	*libį̄
2nd singular	*laift	*libīz
3rd singular	*laib	*libī
1st dual	*libū	*libīw
2nd dual	*libudiz	*libīdiz
1st plural	*libum	*libīm
2nd plural	*libud	*libīd
3rd plural	*libun	*libīn
	present	past
participles	*lībandz	*libanaz

Derived terms

• *laibijaną
• *bilībaną
• *lifnaną
• *-lif

Descendants

There 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.