Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lubi

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 *lubją.

Noun

*lubi n[1]

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lubi
Genitive	*lubbjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lubi	*lubbju
Accusative	*lubi	*lubbju
Genitive	*lubbjas	*lubbjō
Dative	*lubbjē	*lubbjum
Instrumental	*lubbju	*lubbjum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: lybb, lyb
- Middle English: libbe
  - Scots: lib
  - English: lib
Old Saxon: *lubbi
- Middle Low German: lubbe
  - ⇒ German Low German: Lübbstick
Old Dutch: *lubbi
- Middle Dutch: libbe, lebbe
Old High German: lubbi, *lub, lupi, luppi
- Middle High German: luppe, lüppe
  - German: Luppe, Lüppe

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *lubi, *lubʲbʲa-”

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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 223: “PWGmc *lubi, *lubʲbʲa-”