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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/leub
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
Adjective
*leub
- dear, beloved
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *leub | ||
| Genitive | *leubas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *leub | *leubu | *leub |
| Accusative | *leubanā | *leubā | *leub |
| Genitive | *leubas | *leubeʀā | *leubas |
| Dative | *leubumē | *leubeʀē | *leubumē |
| Instrumental | *leubu | *leubeʀu | *leubu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *leubē | *leubō | *leubu |
| Accusative | *leubā | *leubā | *leubu |
| Genitive | *leubeʀō | *leubeʀō | *leubeʀō |
| Dative | *leubēm, *leubum | *leubēm, *leubum | *leubēm, *leubum |
| Instrumental | *leubēm, *leubum | *leubēm, *leubum | *leubēm, *leubum |
Derived terms
- *leubalīk
- *liubiþu
Related terms
- *laubijan
- *lubu
Descendants
- Old English: lēof
- Middle English: lef, leef
- Scots: lief, lee
- English: lief
- Middle English: lef, leef
- Old Frisian: liāf
- Saterland Frisian: ljo
- West Frisian: leaf
- Old Saxon: liof
- Middle Low German: lief, lêf
- German Low German: leev; leiw
- Middle Low German: lief, lêf
- Old Dutch: liof
- Middle Dutch: lief
- Dutch: lief
- Afrikaans: lief
- Dutch: lief
- Middle Dutch: lief
- Old High German: liob, liub, liup; *liof, lief (northern)
- Middle High German: liep; lief (north-western)
- Alemannic German: lieb
- Bavarian: liab
- Central Franconian: leev, liev
- East Central German: lieb
- German: lieb
- Luxembourgish: léif
- Yiddish: ליב (lib)
- Middle High German: liep; lief (north-western)