Where does “lib” come from?

lib (Czech) comes from Czech líbit, from Old Czech ľúbiti, from Proto-Slavic *ľūbìti — to love.

lib (Czech): second-person singular imperative of líbit

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of líbit

Ancestry of “lib”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechlíbitto please idiomatically translated by
2Old Czechľúbitito like, to love
3Proto-Slavic*ľūbìtito love
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ľūbìti →Every word from Old Czech ľúbiti →Every word from Czech líbit →