ljuv
Swedish
adj
Definitions
- lovely, sweet, pleasant
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish liuver derived from Old Norse ljúfr derived from Proto-Norse ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ derived from Proto-Germanic *leubaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *leubh- (love).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leubh-
Gloss
love
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilove English
- cyberlove English
- forelove English
- lack-love English
- ladylove English
- leaflove English
- lovability English
- lovable English
- love English
- love apple English
- love feast English
- love-shy English
- loveable English
- loveaholic English
- lovebead English
- lovebird English
- lovebot English
- lovebud English
- lovebug English
- loved English
- loveday English
- lovedom English
- lovee English
- lovefest English
- loveful English
- lovekin English
- loveless English
- lovelight English
- lovelike English
- loveling English
- lovelock English
- lovelore English
- lovely English
- lovemaker English
- lovemaking English
- lovemap English
- lovemate English
- lovemobile English
- lovemonger English
- loveness English
- lover English
- lovered English
- loveship English
- lovesick English
- lovesome English
- lovest English
- lovestone English
- lovetap English
- loveteam English
- loveth English
- loveworthy English
- lovey English
- lovez English
- lovie English
- lovish English
- mislove English
- money-love English
- motherlove English
- nonlove English
- outlove English
- overlove English
- relove English
- self-love English
- truelove English
- unlove English
- lovettaa Finnish
- libet Latin
- perlibet Latin
- любовь Russian
- *leubh- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *laubō Proto-Germanic
- *leubaz Proto-Germanic
- ljuvlig Swedish
- ラブ Japanese
- ラブホテル Japanese
- ljuv Norwegian Nynorsk
- leof Old English
- lēof Old English
- love Middle English
- ljúfligr Old Norse
- ljúfr Old Norse
- *ľuby Proto-Slavic
- ljúfur Icelandic
- liob Old High German
- lioba Old High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- *liof Old Dutch
- liof Old Saxon
- liuver Old Swedish
- *luβēt, *luβēō Proto-Italic
- liāf Old Frisian
- löf Volapük
- lav Tok Pisin
- lavim Tok Pisin
- alobi Sranan Tongo
- lobi Sranan Tongo
- ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ Proto-Norse
- lobi Aukan