*laubą

Runic: ᛚᚨᚢᛒᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑu̯.βɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

leaf

Differing explanations:

The connection, if any, between these two roots is unknown.

*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- lōf (Old Dutch)
  - lôof (Middle Dutch)
    - louf (Limburgish)
*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- lōf (Old Dutch)
  - lôof (Middle Dutch)
    - loof (Dutch)
      - lof (Afrikaans)
*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēaf (Old English)
  - leef, lefe, leve, lewe (Middle English)
    - leaf, lefe, leif (Scots)
    - laafe (Yola)
*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēaf (Old English)
  - leef, lefe, leve, lewe (Middle English)
    - leaf (English)
      - lip (Tok Pisin)
*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāf (Old Frisian)
  - lof, luf (North Frisian)
  - Loof, Loouw, Looch (Saterland Frisian)
  - leaf (West Frisian)
*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- loup, loub (Old High German)
  - loup (Middle High German)
    - Làuib (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Laub (German)
    - Laab (Hunsrik)
    - Laf (Luxembourgish)
    - Laab (Rhine Franconian)
    - łojp (Vilamovian)
*laub (Proto-West Germanic)
- lōf (Old Saxon)
  - lôf (Middle Low German)
    - Loov (German Low German)
    - Loof (Plautdietsch)
    - ? (Westphalian)
lauf (Old Norse)
- lov (Elfdalian)
- leyv (Faroese)
- lau, laug, lavv (Gutnish)
- lauf (Icelandic)
lauf (Old Norse)
- løv (Danish)
  - løv (Norwegian Bokmål)
lauf (Old Norse)
- lauv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - lauv (Norwegian Bokmål)
lauf (Old Norse)
- lø̄f (Old Swedish)
  - löv (Swedish)
𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs) (Gothic)