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No. Their histories converge deeper in the desire-and-care family, but Old High German liubî is analyzed through Germanic *leubīn while Old English lufu follows the *lubō branch.
/ˈliːbə/ · noun
The German noun for love, inherited through Middle and Old High German and a Germanic abstract-noun formation distinct from the immediate noun ancestry of English love.
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Supplies the separate reconstructed branches used by the comparative graph.
s.v. Germanic love noun and adjective familyPublishes the formation behind Old High German liubî and German Liebe.
Band V, Spalte 1387, liubî: Germanic *leubī-, *leubīnThe graph keeps the two Germanic noun formations distinct and joins them only at reconstructed *lewbʰ-.