Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/leub

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 *leubaz.

Adjective

*leub

1. dear, beloved

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*leub
Genitive	*leubas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*leub	*leubu	*leub
Accusative	*leubanā	*leubā	*leub
Genitive	*leubas	*leubeʀā	*leubas
Dative	*leubumē	*leubeʀē	*leubumē
Instrumental	*leubu	*leubeʀu	*leubu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*leubē	*leubō	*leubu
Accusative	*leubā	*leubā	*leubu
Genitive	*leubeʀō	*leubeʀō	*leubeʀō
Dative	*leubēm, *leubum	*leubēm, *leubum	*leubēm, *leubum
Instrumental	*leubēm, *leubum	*leubēm, *leubum	*leubēm, *leubum

Derived terms

• *leubalīk
• *leubōn
• *liubijan
• *liubiþu

Related terms

• *laubijan
• *lubu

Descendants

• Old English: lēof, leaf, līof
  • Middle English: lef, leve, lefe, leffe, life, live, luf (Southern or West Midlands)
    • English: lief; ⇒ livelong
    • Scots: lief, lee
    • ⇒ Yola: liveer
• Old Frisian: liāf, liēf
  • Saterland Frisian: ljoof, ljo
  • West Frisian: leaf
• Old Saxon: liof
  • Middle Low German: lief, lêf
    • German Low German: leev, leiw
    • Plautdietsch: leef
• Old Dutch: *liof
  • Middle Dutch: lief
    • Dutch: lief
    • Limburgish: leef
• Old High German: liob, liub, liup; *liof, lief (northern)
  • Middle High German: liep; lief (north-western)
    • Alemannic German: lieb
    • Bavarian: liab
    • Central Franconian: leev, liev
    • East Central German: lieb
    • German: lieb
    • Luxembourgish: léif
    • Yiddish: ליב (lib)