Where does “loveday” come from?

loveday (English) comes from Middle English love, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic lubō, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

loveday (English): A day appointed for a meeting intended to...

Definitions

  1. A day appointed for a meeting intended to...

Ancestry of “loveday”, step by step

loveday traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English love

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlovelove; strong and deep affection
2Old Englishlufulove
3Proto-West Germanic*lubulove
4Proto-Germaniclubōlove, affection
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

via Middle English day

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdayday; daylight, sunlight; epoch, age, period
2Old Englishdæġday, daytime
3Proto-West Germanicdagday
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēw- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lubō →