Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laibu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laibō.

Noun

*laibu f[1]

  1. remainder

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *laibu
Genitive *laibā
Singular Plural
Nominative *laibu *laibō
Accusative *laibā *laibā
Genitive *laibā *laibō
Dative *laibē *laibōm, *laibum
Instrumental *laibu *laibōm, *laibum

Descendants

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297: “PWGmc *laibu”
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