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 stay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.βɔː/

Noun

*laibō f

1. what is left, remainder, remnant

Inflection

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

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
  • Old High German: leiba, leipa
    • Middle High German: leibe
• 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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN