*lībą

Runic: ᛚᛁᛒᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliː.βɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

Likely derived from *lībaną (‘to remain’).

*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līf (Old Dutch)
  - lijf (Middle Dutch)
    - lief (Limburgish)
    - lief (Zealandic)
*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līf (Old Dutch)
  - lijf (Middle Dutch)
    - lijf (Dutch)
      - lyf (Afrikaans)
      - lifu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - lief, lif, lijf (Negerhollands)
*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līf, liif, lȳf (Old English)
  - lyf, leyf, lif, life, lijf, live (Middle English)
    - life (English)
    - life, leif (Scots)
    - lief, life (Yola)
*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līf (Old Frisian)
  - liff (North Frisian)
  - Lieuw (Saterland Frisian)
  - liif (West Frisian)
*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līb (Old High German)
  - līp, līph, līf, līb (Middle High German)
    - Liib (Alemannic German)
    - Liev, Leiv (Central Franconian)
    - laip (Cimbrian)
    - Leib (German)
    - łaowa (Vilamovian)
    - לײַב (layb) (Yiddish)
*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līf (Old Saxon)
  - lîf (Middle Low German)
    - Läwen (Plautdietsch)
*līb (Proto-West Germanic)
- līf (Old Saxon)
  - lîf (Middle Low German)
    - Lief (Low German)
      - Lif, Lief (German Low German)
líf (Old Norse)
- liv, laiv (Elfdalian)
- lív (Faroese)
- liev (Gutnish)
- líf (Icelandic)
- liv (Norn)
- liv (Norwegian Bokmål)
- liv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
líf (Old Norse)
- lif (Old Danish)
  - liv (Danish)
líf (Old Norse)
- līf (Old Swedish)
  - liv (Swedish)