blive
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to drown
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Norwegian blífa derived from Middle Low German bliven (remain) derived from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (remain, remain in place, stay).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bilībaną
Gloss
remain, remain in place, stay
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Cognates and derived terms
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *lip- Proto-Indo-European
- bli Norwegian Bokmål
- *bilibanaz Proto-Germanic
- *bilībaną Proto-Germanic
- bli Norwegian Nynorsk
- bliva Norwegian Nynorsk
- blive Norwegian Nynorsk
- belifan Old English
- belīfan Old English
- blive Danish
- belīvan Old High German
- bilīban Old High German
- blíva Faroese
- 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bilīban gmw-pro
- bilivan Old Dutch
- blivan Old Dutch
- blīvan Old Dutch
- bliven Middle Low German
- blīven Middle Low German
- bilivan Old Saxon
- bilīvan Old Saxon
- bilīƀan Old Saxon
- blīva Old Frisian
- bliiw North Frisian
- bliwe North Frisian
- blífa Middle Norwegian