*SET-U

PERMANENT SOURCE RECORD

ALL SOURCES ↗
BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYfranck-lief

SOURCE
RECORD.

One work. Every claim that depends on it. No citation without a consequence you can inspect.

CLAIM-LEVEL USAGE

8 PUBLIC LINKS INTO THE GRAPH.

This count excludes duplicate dossier-path citations. Open the claims below to see exactly how the source is used.

scholarly dictionaryfranck-lief

Franck’s Etymologisch Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal — liefhebben, liefde, lief

AUTHOR / EDITOR
N. van Wijk, after Johannes Franck
YEAR
1912
PUBLISHER
Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal digital edition
DOI
Not recorded
SOURCE TYPE
scholarly dictionary
EXTERNAL RECORD
OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
2CANONICAL EDGES
0WITNESSES
4COMPARISONS
0CONTEXT LINKS
1RANKED REVEALS
1DISPUTES
0JOURNEY STAGES
4WORD DOSSIERS
01

CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS

RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE

1
RANK 199GRADE A-supports

Dutch lief is love’s adjective cousin, not its child.

Dutch lief belongs with Gothic liufs and German lieb in the inherited dear-or-beloved adjective branch. English love is a separate noun route in the same deeper family.

*lewbʰ-

*lewbʰ- → *leubaz → lief → lief

pp. 384–385, Germanic comparison under liefhebben

Places Dutch lief beside Gothic liufs and German lieb.

lief dossier ↗truth record ↗81UNVEILING
02

SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT

DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE

1
resolvedsupportsprobable

Did Dutch lief come from English love?

No. Dutch lief is an inherited Germanic adjective cognate with forms including Gothic liufs and German lieb; English love is a separate noun descendant in the same wider family.

pp. 384–385, Germanic comparison under liefhebben and liefde

Lists Dutch lief with Gothic liufs, German lieb, and other inherited adjective reflexes.

lief dossier ↗dispute record ↗
03

CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS

EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE

2
EDGE 287supportsestablished

lief → lief

Dutch → Middle Dutch · historical continuation

SOUND
Middle Dutch lief continues into modern Dutch lief with stable spelling and later standardization of pronunciation and inflection.
MEANING
Dear, beloved, pleasant, and kind remain within the inherited adjective’s semantic range.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal editors · N. van Wijk
pp. 384–385, entries liefhebben and liefde

Documents Middle Dutch and wider Dutch forms in the inherited lief family.

OPEN THE PERMANENT CLAIM ↗
EDGE 288supportsprobable

lief → *leubaz

Middle Dutch → Proto-Germanic · inheritance

SOUND
Middle Dutch lief reflects the West Germanic continuation of reconstructed *leubaz, including the diphthong history represented by Dutch ie and final f.
MEANING
The adjective preserves the sense dear, beloved, or pleasing.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
N. van Wijk · Guus Kroonen
pp. 384–385, Germanic comparison under liefhebben

Compares Dutch lief with Old High German liob, Gothic liufs, and other Germanic adjective reflexes.

OPEN THE PERMANENT CLAIM ↗
04

LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS

WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE

0
No lexical witness currently cites this source.
05

COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE

COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES

4
Liebe

lief

Dutch

Germanic adjective cousin

lieb

lief

Dutch

West Germanic adjective cognate

lief

liefde

Dutch

Dutch abstract noun derived within the same family

liufs

lief

Dutch

West Germanic adjective cognate

06

GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS

JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE

0
No journey-stage claim currently cites this source.
07

NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS

HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE

0
No non-genealogical context link currently cites this source.
08

WORD-FAMILY REUSE

DOSSIERS THAT DEPEND ON THIS SOURCE

4
lieb1 CLAIM LINKS↗Liebe1 CLAIM LINKS↗lief5 CLAIM LINKS↗liufs1 CLAIM LINKS↗

2 entry-scoped citations map reviewed dossier paths onto the canonical claims above.