Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ljaubī́ˀtei

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰéyeti, from *lewbʰ- (“to desire, love”).[1]

Verb

*ljaubī́ˀtei

  1. to love

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *ľūbìti (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ļūbìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281: “v. (b) ‘love’”
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