Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewbʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*lewbʰ-

2. to desire, covet, want (someone or something)
3. to admire, praise
4. to love

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbʰ- (love)‎ (17 c, 0 e)

• *lubʰ-yé-ti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Albanian: *luPi-
    • Albanian: lyp
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lubʰyáti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *lubʰyáti
      • Sanskrit: लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to desire, to be perplexed”) (see there for further descendants)
• *lowbʰ-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Albanian: *laubitja
    • Albanian: lubi
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ljaubī́ˀtei (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lawbʰáyati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *lawbʰáyati
      • Sanskrit: लोभयति (lobháyati, “to make crazy”)
• *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative)
  • Proto-Italic: *luβēō (see there for further descendants)
• *lewbʰ-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ljaubas
    • Proto-Slavic: *ľubъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *leubaz (“dear, beloved”) (see there for further descendants)
• *l(e)ubʰ-eh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *lubō (“love”), *leubō (see there for further descendants)
• *lubʰ-o-m
  • Proto-Germanic: *lubą (“praise”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *lubōną (“to praise”) (see there for further descendants)
• *lubʰ-tó-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: लुब्ध (lubdha) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: liaupsė (“praise”)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ljaubūˀ
    • Proto-Slavic: *ľubỳ (“love”, noun) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *louβ-
    • Oscan: loufir
  • Sanskrit: लोभ (lobha)
    • → Hindi: लोभ (lobh) (learned)
    • → Bengali: লোভ (lōbh) (learned)

Root

*lewbʰ-

2. to cut off

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewbʰ- (cut off)‎ (5 c, 0 e)

• *lowbʰ-o-m
  • Proto-Germanic: *laubą (see there for further descendants)
• lubʰ-ró-s
  • Proto-Italic: *luβros (see there for further descendants)
• *lowbʰ-ó-s
  • Proto-Slavic: *lubъ (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Albanian: labë (“rind, cork”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *lubā (“herb, plant”)
  • Ancient Greek: λυπή (lupḗ, “pain”)
  • Lithuanian: lùpti (“to peel, to shell”)