Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laibō

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *lībaną (to be left).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯.βɔː/

Noun

*laibō f

  1. what is left, remainder, remnant

Inflection

Declension of *laibō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *laibō *laibôz
vocative *laibō *laibôz
accusative *laibǭ *laibōz
genitive *laibōz *laibǫ̂
dative *laibōi *laibōmaz
instrumental *laibō *laibōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *laibu
    • Old English: lāf
      • Middle English: love, lave, leve, loove, lafe, læve, loave (Early Middle English)
        • English: lave
        • Scots: lave
    • Old Frisian: lāva
    • Old Saxon: lēba, lēva
    • Old High German: leiba, leipa
      • Middle High German: leibe
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*laibaʀ)
    • Proto-Norse: *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalaibaʀ), *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalaibaʀ)
    • Old Norse: leif
      • Icelandic: leif
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: leiv, (leivd)
      • (Faroese: leivd)
      • Old Swedish: lēf
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (laiba)

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN