Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līb

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 *lībą.

Noun

*līb n[1]

body
life

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līb
Genitive	*lības
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līb	*lību
Accusative	*līb	*lību
Genitive	*lības	*lībō
Dative	*lībē	*lībum
Instrumental	*lību	*lībum

Descendants

Old English: līf
- Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live
  - English: life
  - Scots: life, leif
  - Yola: lief, life
Old Frisian: līf
- North Frisian: liff
- Saterland Frisian: Lieuw
- West Frisian: liif
Old Saxon: līf
- Middle Low German: lîf
  - German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
  - Plautdietsch: Läwen
Old Dutch: līf
- Middle Dutch: lijf
  - Dutch: lijf
    - Afrikaans: lyf
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: lifu
    - Negerhollands: lief, lif, lijf
  - Limburgish: lief
  - Zealandic: lief
Old High German: līb
- Middle High German: līp, līph, līf, līb
  - Alemannic German: Liib
  - Central Franconian: Liev, Leiv
    Hunsrik: Leib
    Luxembourgish: Läif, Leif
  - Cimbrian: laip
  - German: Leib
  - Vilamovian: łaowa
  - Yiddish: לײַב‎ (layb)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 298: “PWGmc *līb”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 298: “PWGmc *līb”