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LiverEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Back-formation from Liverpool, possibly influenced by liver bird.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗liverEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”),German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish, and West Frisian lever (“liver”), Faroese livur (“liver”), Icelandic lifur (“liver”). Related to live.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗liverEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English lyvere, livere, equivalent to live + -er.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗liverEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līfder. Old English līfe Old English on līfe Middle English alyve English aliveclip. English live Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -(e)r English liver From live (adjective) + -(e)r.
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Which medieval channel delivered regal into English?
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