West Germanic medial /b/ developed a fricative realization represented by Old English ⟨f⟩.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0003inheritanceprobable
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lufu
love, affection, friendliness
OPEN NODE 3 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-West Germanic · c. 200 BCE–600 CE*lubu
love
OPEN NODE 4 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The affective core remained stable.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
Kroonen · comparative Germanic evidence
probable — Exact intermediate phonetic detail depends on reconstruction.
reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Bosworth–Toller: lufulufu
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Attested Old English form.
Etymological Dictionary of Proto-GermanicGermanic love family
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Comparative reconstruction.
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