lęven
German Low German
[lɛːvən]
verb
Definitions
- (in some dialects, especially) to live
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German lēven (live) inherited from Old Saxon libbian 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
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
脂
Emoji
🍡 🍢 🏑 🏒 🥍 🥢
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chopped liver English
- live English
- lippio Latin
- lippus Latin
- Lebemann German
- Lebtag German
- Lebzeiten German
- erleben German
- fortleben German
- leben German
- lebend German
- lebensnotwendig German
- lebenswert German
- schnelllebig German
- weiterleben German
- zerleben German
- zusammenleben German
- überleben German
- lébecol Hungarian
- λίπος Ancient Greek
- *leip- Proto-Indo-European
- *ley- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *ainalif Proto-Germanic
- *bilībaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *libjaną Proto-Germanic
- *librō Proto-Germanic
- *lībaną Proto-Germanic
- *lībą Proto-Germanic
- libban Old English
- lifian Old English
- रिप् Sanskrit
- लिम्पति Sanskrit
- लेप Sanskrit
- lifa Old Norse
- *lěpiti Proto-Slavic
- *lьnǫti Proto-Slavic
- lebēn Old High German
- levēn Old High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *libbjan gmw-pro
- *libben Old Dutch
- bliven Middle Low German
- leven Middle Low German
- lēven Middle Low German
- libbian Old Saxon
- leva Old Frisian
- *leipāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic