Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laub

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

From Proto-Germanic *laubą.

Noun

*laub n

1. leaf
2. foliage

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laub
Genitive	*laubas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laub	*laubu
Accusative	*laub	*laubu
Genitive	*laubas	*laubō
Dative	*laubē	*laubum
Instrumental	*laubu	*laubum

Derived terms

• *laubēn

Descendants

• Old English: lēaf
  • Middle English: leef, lefe, leve, lewe
    • English: leaf
      • Tok Pisin: lip
    • Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
    • Yola: laafe
• Old Frisian: lāf
  • North Frisian: lof, luf
  • Saterland Frisian: Loof, Loouw, Looch
  • West Frisian: leaf
• Old Saxon: lōf
  • Middle Low German: lôf
    • German Low German: Loov
    • Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Läuf

      Westmünsterländisch: Loof

    • Plautdietsch: Loof
• Old Dutch: lōf
  • Middle Dutch: lôof
    • Dutch: loof
      • Afrikaans: lof
    • Limburgish: louf
• Old High German: loub
  • Middle High German: loup
    • German: Laub