Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laibu

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laibō.

Noun

*laibu f[1]

remainder

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laibu
Genitive	*laibā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laibu	*laibō
Accusative	*laibā	*laibā
Genitive	*laibā	*laibō
Dative	*laibē	*laibōm
Instrumental	*laibu	*laibōm

Descendants

Old English: lāf
- Middle English: laf, lafe, lave, loave
  - Scots: lave, lafe, laif, laff
  - English: lave
Old Frisian: lāva
Old Saxon: lēba
Old High German: leiba, leipa
- Middle High German: leibe

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297: “PWGmc *laibu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297: “PWGmc *laibu”