Germanic reflects the inherited root with regular treatment of PIE *bʰ and a different vowel grade.
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*lubō
love
OPEN NODE 5 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · c. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-
to love, desire, care for
OPEN NODE 6 ↗01
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Desire, approval, care, and affection overlap across daughter languages.
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Pokorny · Mallory & Adams
probable — The breadth of the reconstructed gloss is debated.
reviewed
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Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary SeriesGermanic volume
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Comparative Germanic evidence.
Indo-European Lexicon: *leubh-Emotion 16.27
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗PIE root and reflexes.
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