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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, although the appearance of the voiced (unstressed) Verner alternant b is unexpected. The verb may be back-formed from an older verb with the voiced alternant, such as *libjaną.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.βɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *lībaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *lībō | *lībaų | — | *lībai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *lībizi | *lībaiz | *līb | *lībazai | *lībaizau |
| 3rd singular | *lībidi | *lībai | *lībadau | *lībadai | *lībaidau |
| 1st dual | *lībōz | *lībaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *lībadiz | *lībaidiz | *lībadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *lībamaz | *lībaim | — | *lībandai | *lībaindau |
| 2nd plural | *lībid | *lībaid | *lībid | *lībandai | *lībaindau |
| 3rd plural | *lībandi | *lībain | *lībandau | *lībandai | *lībaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *laib | *libį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *laift | *libīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *laib | *libī | |||
| 1st dual | *libū | *libīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *libudiz | *libīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *libum | *libīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *libud | *libīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *libun | *libīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *lībandz | *libanaz | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative and incoative derived from it are attested in several languages.
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*līban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 335
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