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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, care for, desire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.βɔː/
Noun
*lubō f
- love, affection
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *lubō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *lubō | *lubôz | |
vocative | *lubō | *lubôz | |
accusative | *lubǭ | *lubōz | |
genitive | *lubōz | *lubǫ̂ | |
dative | *lubōi | *lubōmaz | |
instrumental | *lubō | *lubōmiz |
Related terms
- *leubaz
- *leubō
- *leubą
- *liubiþō
- *lubją
- *lubōną
- *lubą
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lubu
- Old English: lufu, lufe
- Middle English: love, lof, lofe, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe, luve; leove, lofve, lufæ
- English: love
- Scots: luve, lufe
- Yola: loove
- Middle English: love, lof, lofe, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe, luve; leove, lofve, lufæ
- Old Frisian: luve
- Old Saxon: luva
- ⇒ Old Saxon: luvig, lubig (“willing”)
- Old High German: luba
- Old English: lufu, lufe
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*lubō)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍉 (brōþrulubō, “brotherly love”)