Middle High German liep continues into modern German lieb through regular final devoicing in pronunciation and later spelling standardization.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0294historical continuationestablished
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lieb
dear, beloved, kind, pleasant, welcome
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle High German · Middle High German · dear beloved adjectiveliep
dear, beloved, pleasing
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The inherited field of dear, beloved, pleasing, and welcome remains productive, with later kind or well-behaved uses in particular contexts.
Middle High German to present-day German.
Dudenredaktion
established — Duden explicitly supplies the Middle High German form and the modern adjective’s living senses.
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lieb — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, HerkunftModern adjective senses; Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liep
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the modern adjective and identifies its immediate Middle High German form.
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EDITORIAL REUSE