Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/libru

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *librō.

Noun

*libru f

liver

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*libru
Genitive	*librā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*libru	*librō
Accusative	*librā	*librā
Genitive	*librā	*librō
Dative	*librē	librōm, librum
Instrumental	*libru	librōm, librum

Descendants

Old English: lifer
- Middle English: lyvere, lyver, livere
  - English: liver
  - Scots: liver
Old Frisian: livere
- Saterland Frisian: Líeuwer
- West Frisian: lever
Old Saxon: *livara, *levara (attested in Old Saxon leverinlappa)
- Middle Low German: lēver
  - German Low German: Lever
  - Plautdietsch: Läwa
Old Dutch: *levara
- Middle Dutch: lēvere
  - Dutch: lever
    - Afrikaans: lewer
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: lefre
    - Negerhollands: leber
    - → Aukan: lebii
    - → Indonesian: lever
    - → Saramaccan: lebèn
    - → Sranan Tongo: lefre
      - → Caribbean Javanese: léfer
Old High German: lebara
- Middle High German: leber
  - German: Leber
  - Central Franconian: Levver, Läver, Leaver
    - Hunsrik: Lewer
    - Luxembourgish: Liewer
  - Vilamovian: łaower
  - Yiddish: לעבער (leber)

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