Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lobōn

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 *lubōną. Equivalent to *lob +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*lobōn

1. to praise

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*lobōn
1st sg. past	*lobōdā
Infinitive	*lobōn
Genitive infin.	*lobōnijas
Dative infin.	*lobōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*lobōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*lobō	*lobōdā
2nd singular	*lobōs	*lobōdēs, *lobōdōs
3rd singular	*lobōþ	*lobōdē, *lobōdā
1st plural	*lobōm	*lobōdum
2nd plural	*lobōþ	*lobōdud
3rd plural	*lobōnþ	*lobōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*lobō	*lobōdī
2nd singular	*lobōs	*lobōdī
3rd singular	*lobō	*lobōdī
1st plural	*lobōm	*lobōdīm
2nd plural	*lobōþ	*lobōdīd
3rd plural	*lobōn	*lobōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*lobō
Plural	*lobōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*lobōndī	*lobōd

Related terms

• *lubōn

Descendants

• Old English: lofian
  • Middle English: loven, love, lovon, lowe, lovien, luve, luvie, luvien (Early Middle English), lofenn (Ormulum)
    • English: lofe, loff, loave, love
    • Middle Scots: love
      • Scots: loave
• Old Frisian: lovia
  • North Frisian: lowe
  • Saterland Frisian: loowje
  • West Frisian: lauwje, lauwgje; loovje (possibly from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: lofōn, lovōn
  • Middle Low German: loven
    • German Low German: lowen (Westphalian), loäwen (Westphalian: Paderbornisch); loven
• Old Dutch: lovon
  • Middle Dutch: lōven
    • Dutch: loven
    • Afrikaans: loof, lowe
• Old High German: lobōn, lopōn
  • Middle High German: loben
    • German: loben
    • Hunsrik: love
    • Luxembourgish: luewen
    • Vilamovian: łöwa
    • Yiddish: לויבן (loybn)