Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewbʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Root

*lewbʰ-

to love

Derived terms

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*lubʰ-yé-ti (ye-present)
- Albanian: *luPi-
  - Albanian: lyp
- Indo-Iranian: *lubʰyáti
  - Indo-Aryan: *lubʰyáti
    - Sanskrit: लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to desire, to be perplexed”)
*lowbʰ-éye-ti (causative)
- Indo-Iranian: *lawbʰáyati
  - Indo-Aryan: *lawbʰáyati
    - Sanskrit: लोभयति (lobháyati, “to make crazy”)
*lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative)
- Italic: *luβēō (“to desire”)
  - Latin: libet
*lewbʰ-o-s
- Balto-Slavic: *ljaubas
  - Slavic: *ľubъ (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *leubaz (“dear, beloved”) (see there for further descendants)
*lubʰ-o-m
- Germanic: *lubą (“praise”), *lubōną (“to praise”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: liaupsė (“praise”)
  - Slavic: *ľubiti (“to love”)
- Germanic: *lubō (“love”), *leubō (see there for further descendants)
- Italic: *louβ-
  - Oscan: loufir

Root

*lewbʰ-

to cut off

Derived terms

*lowbʰ-o-m
- Germanic: *laubą (see there for further descendants)
lubʰ-ró-s
- Italic: *luβros
  - Latin: liber