lifa

Icelandic

/ˈlɪːva/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to live
  • (transitive) to experience something
  • (ambitransitive) to survive, to endure, to come through
  • (intransitive) to burn

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse lifa (live) derived 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-

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stick, leave, cling, linger, smudge, smear, remain, glue, continue, fat, sticky substance, oil, adhere, paste, adhesive, fat substance, fatty substance

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