Words that come from Proto-Germanic “lībaną”

400 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Germanic lībaną — including life, believe, leave, lives, leaving, leaves, delay, beloved.

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English (169)

Icelandic (28)

Swedish (27)

Dutch (20)

Norwegian Bokmål (19)

Norwegian Nynorsk (17)

Danish (14)

Old English (9)

Faroese (8)

Norwegian (6)

Finnish (6)

German (6)

Yiddish (5)

Volapük (5)

Middle English (5)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Japanese (3)

Manx (3)

Old French (3)

Old Norse (3)

West Frisian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Irish (2)

Skolt Sami (2)

North Frisian (2)

Low German (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Russian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Middle Norwegian (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Middle French (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Gothic (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Old High German (1)

Portuguese (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Norse (1)