lieb
Alemannic German
/liəp/
adjective
Definitions
- dear
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German liep (dear) inherited from Old High German liob inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*leubaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lieb English
- leefkyn English
- leeftail English
- leman English
- lemman English
- lief English
- liefling English
- liefly English
- liefsome English
- livelong English
- Liebfrauenmilch German
- Liebling German
- lieb German
- lieb haben German
- liebgewinnen German
- liebhaben German
- lieblich German
- unlieb German
- lief Dutch, Flemish
- liefdadig Dutch, Flemish
- liefhebben Dutch, Flemish
- lieflijk Dutch, Flemish
- lieveling Dutch, Flemish
- lieven Dutch, Flemish
- poeslief Dutch, Flemish
- zoonlief Dutch, Flemish
- *leubh- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *leubaz Proto-Germanic
- *leubn- Proto-Germanic
- *leubą Proto-Germanic
- leof Old English
- lēof Old English
- leef Middle English
- ljúfr Old Norse
- ljúfur Icelandic
- lief Middle Dutch
- liob Old High German
- lioba Old High German
- liebe Middle High German
- liep Middle High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- *liof Old Dutch
- liof Old Saxon
- liāf Old Frisian
- ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ Proto-Norse