Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/librumos

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 *librōmusą. Equivalent to *libru (“liver”) +‎ *mos (“moss”). Cognate with Norwegian levermose, Swedish levermossa, if not West Germanic borrowings.

Noun

*librumos n

liverwort
Synonym: *libruwurti

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*librumos
Genitive	*librumosas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*librumos	*librumosu
Accusative	*librumos	*librumosu
Genitive	*librumosas	*librumosō
Dative	*librumosē	*librumosum
Instrumental	*librumosu	*librumosum

Descendants

Old Dutch: *levarmos
- Middle Dutch: *lēvermos
  - Dutch: levermos
    - Afrikaans: lewermos
Old High German: lebermos
- Middle High German: *lebermos
  - German: Lebermoos