Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, although the appearance of the voiced (unstressed) Verner alternant b is unexpected. The verb may be back-formed from an older verb with the voiced alternant, such as *libjaną.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *lībaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative and inchoative derived from it are attested in several languages.