Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/lībaną

Wouldn't the descendants be all the forms of live? 66.112.117.13 00:51, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

live is from *libjaną, although apparently they are from the same PIE root.

What I would ask though is: why is it necessary to assume that this verb survived until Proto-Germanic? Could the attested causative not have been formed already in pre-Germanic? --Tropylium (talk) 08:23, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

The causative could, but it's less likely for *bilībaną. —CodeCat 13:14, 1 April 2015 (UTC)