lever
Norwegian
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) a liver
- liver (eaten as food)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lifr (liver) inherited from Proto-Germanic *librō (liver) 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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Cognates and derived terms
- chopped liver English
- lippio Latin
- lippus Latin
- λίπος Ancient Greek
- *ley- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- skrumpe Norwegian Bokmål
- skrumplever Norwegian Bokmål
- *ainalif Proto-Germanic
- *bilībaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *libjaną Proto-Germanic
- *librō Proto-Germanic
- *lībaną Proto-Germanic
- *lībą Proto-Germanic
- lever Swedish
- lever Norwegian Nynorsk
- lifer Old English
- रिप् Sanskrit
- लिम्पति Sanskrit
- लेप Sanskrit
- lifr Old Norse
- *lěpiti Proto-Slavic
- *lьnǫti Proto-Slavic
- lifur Icelandic
- lebara Old High German
- livara Old High German
- livur Faroese
- *libru gmw-pro
- *levara Old Dutch
- *livara Old Dutch
- bliven Middle Low German
- *leipāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- liuær Old Danish
- łaower Vilamovian