leben
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to live
Etymology
Inherited from *libbjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (live, be alive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (stick, leave, cling, linger, smudge, smear, remain, glue, continue, fat, sticky substance, oil, adhere, paste, adhesive, fat substance, fatty substance).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyp-
Gloss
stick, leave, cling, linger, smudge, smear, remain, glue, continue, fat, sticky substance, oil, adhere, paste, adhesive, fat substance, fatty substance
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chopped liver English
- lippio Latin
- lippus Latin
- λίπος Ancient Greek
- *leip- Proto-Indo-European
- *ley- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- leve Norwegian Bokmål
- *ainalif Proto-Germanic
- *bilībaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *libjaną Proto-Germanic
- *librō Proto-Germanic
- *lībaną Proto-Germanic
- *lībą Proto-Germanic
- leva Norwegian Nynorsk
- alibban Old English
- gelibban Old English
- libban Old English
- lifian Old English
- mislibban Old English
- oferlibban Old English
- रिप् Sanskrit
- लिम्पति Sanskrit
- लेप Sanskrit
- liven Middle English
- lifa Old Norse
- lifnaðr Old Norse
- ólifnaðr Old Norse
- leve Danish
- *lěpiti Proto-Slavic
- *lьnǫti Proto-Slavic
- lifa Icelandic
- lebēn Old High German
- levēn Old High German
- liva Faroese
- Liewen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- lieweg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *libbjan gmw-pro
- *libben Old Dutch
- bliven Middle Low German
- libbian Old Saxon
- liva Old Swedish
- leva Old Frisian
- *leipāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic