leifa
Icelandic
/ˈleiːva/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (with dative) to leave behind, especially to leave (food) uneaten
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse leifa (leave over) derived from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (leave, cause to stay, let stay).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laibijaną
Gloss
leave, cause to stay, let stay
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beleave English
- forleave English
- interleave English
- leafful English
- leaful English
- leavable English
- leave English
- leavee English
- leaver English
- leavest English
- leaveth English
- leavetime English
- lefull English
- leveful English
- overleave English
- unleave English
- wayleave English
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *latjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lībaną Proto-Germanic
- læfan Old English
- lǣfan Old English
- leven Middle English
- leifa Old Norse
- levne Danish
- levning Danish
- livar Ido
- 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- levian Old Saxon
- leva Old Swedish
- *laibijan Frankish
- liv Tok Pisin
- leffnæ Old Danish