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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, although the appearance of the voiced (unstressed) Verner alternant b is unexpected. The verb may be back-formed from an older verb with the voiced alternant, such as *libjaną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lībaną[1][2]

  1. to remain, to be left

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative and inchoative derived from it are attested in several languages.

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*līban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lībanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 247
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