leven
Middle Low German
/lɪɛvən/
verb
Definitions
- to live
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon libbian inherited from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (live, be alive).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*libjaną
Gloss
live, be alive
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- live English
- 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
- *leip- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *libjaną Proto-Germanic
- libban Old English
- lifian Old English
- lifa Old Norse
- lebēn Old High German
- levēn Old High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *libbjan gmw-pro
- *libben Old Dutch
- lēven Middle Low German
- libbian Old Saxon
- leva Old Frisian