Old High German liubī reflects the reconstructed Germanic feminine abstract formation *leubīn, with inherited diphthong and later High German reshaping.
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liubī
love, affection, esteem, pleasure, favor
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic reconstruction · love abstract*leubīn
love; affection as an abstract noun
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The abstract meaning remains love, affection, esteem, or pleasure.
Proto-Germanic prehistory to Old High German records from the tenth century.
Rosemarie Lühr
probable — The Old High German form is attested; the Germanic parent is reconstructed from comparative morphology.
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanics.v. Germanic love family
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Provides independent comparative Germanic context for the love family.
liuben; giliuben; liubi; liubî — Etymologisches Wörterbuch des AlthochdeutschenBand V, Spalte 1387, liubî: Etymologie germ. *leubī-, *leubīn
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the attested Old High German noun and its reconstructed Germanic abstract formation.
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