Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubą

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- (“to desire, praise, love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.βɑ̃/

Noun

*lubą n

1. praise

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lubą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lubą	*lubō
vocative	*lubą	*lubō
accusative	*lubą	*lubō
genitive	*lubas, *lubis	*lubǫ̂
dative	*lubai	*lubamaz
instrumental	*lubō	*lubamiz

Derived terms

• *lubagernaz
• *lubōną

Related terms

• *laubō
• *lubō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lob
  • Old English: lof
    • Middle English: lof, lofe
      • Scots: lofe
      • English: lofe, loff
  • Old Frisian: lof
    • North Frisian: lof
    • West Frisian: lof
  • Old Saxon: lof
  • Old Dutch: lof
    • Middle Dutch: lof
      • Dutch: lof
  • Old High German: lob
    • German: Lob
    • Luxembourgish: Luef
• Old Norse: lof
  • Icelandic: lof
  • Faroese: lov
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lov
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lov
  • Old Swedish: lof
    • Swedish: lov, lof (pre-1906 spelling)
  • Danish: lov
• → Proto-Finnic: *lupa (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic: *lopē (see there for further descendants)