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From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).
*libjaną
- to live, to be alive
Conjugation of
*libjaną (weak class 3 j-present)
- Proto-West Germanic: *libbjan
- Old English: libban, lifian — Anglian
- Middle English: lyven, leeve, lefe, leve, leven, libbe, libben, lifen, live, liven, lybbe, lyve, libbæn, libbenn, livie, livien, luvien
- Old Frisian: leva
- Old Saxon: libbian
- Middle Low German: leven
- German Low German: lęven, lewen, lewe (in other dialects, including Low Prussian)
- Old Dutch: libben
- Old High German: lebēn
- Middle High German: lëben
- Old Norse: lifa
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban)