Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubą

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.βɑ̃/

Noun

*lubą n

  1. praise

Inflection

Declension of *lubą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lubą *lubō
vocative *lubą *lubō
accusative *lubą *lubō
genitive *lubas, *lubis *lubǫ̂
dative *lubai *lubamaz
instrumental *lubō *lubamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lob
    • Old English: lof
    • Old Frisian: lof
      • North Frisian: lof
      • West Frisian: lof
    • Old Saxon: lof
    • Old Dutch: lof
    • Old High German: lob
  • Old Norse: lof
    • Icelandic: lof
    • Faroese: lov
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lov
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lov
    • Old Swedish: lof
      • Swedish: lov, lof (pre-1906 spelling)
    • Danish: lov
  • → Proto-Finnic: *lupa (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Samic: *lopē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*luba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
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