PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The adjective descends through Middle High German liep and Old High German liob. The noun Liebe continues a related abstract-noun formation analyzed as deadjectival within the older family.
/liːp/ · adjective
The German adjective for dear, beloved, kind, or welcome, inherited through Middle High German liep and Old High German liob from the Germanic adjective branch also represented by Dutch lief and Gothic liufs.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Documents an inherited adjective history independent of the modern noun spelling.
Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liep, althochdeutsch liobAnalyzes the historical noun formation as built from the adjective family.
Band V, Spalte 1387, liubî: deadjectival abstract formationThe graph gives lieb its own inherited adjective route, connects Liebe through its distinct abstract-noun formation, and joins both only at the deeper desire-and-care family.