Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/libru

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 *librō.

Noun

*libru f

1. liver

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*libru
Genitive	*librā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*libru	*librō
Accusative	*librā	*librā
Genitive	*librā	*librō
Dative	*librē	*librōm, *librum
Instrumental	*libru	*librōm, *librum

Descendants

• Old English: lifer
  • Middle English: lyvere, lyver, livere
    • English: liver
    • Scots: liver
• Old Frisian: livere
  • Saterland Frisian: Líeuwer
  • West Frisian: lever
• Old Saxon: *livara, *levara (attested in Old Saxon leverinlappa)
  • Middle Low German: lēver
    • German Low German: Lever
    • Plautdietsch: Läwa
• Old Dutch: *levara
  • Middle Dutch: lēvere
    • Dutch: lever
      • Afrikaans: lewer
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: lefre
      • Negerhollands: leber
      • → Aukan: lebii
      • → Indonesian: lever
      • → Saramaccan: lebèn
      • → Sranan Tongo: lefre
        • → Caribbean Javanese: léfer
• Old High German: lebara
  • Middle High German: leber
    • German: Leber
    • Central Franconian: Levver, Läver, Leaver
      • Hunsrik: Lewer
      • Luxembourgish: Liewer
    • Vilamovian: łaower
    • Yiddish: לעבער (leber)