Where does “liwweren” come from?
liwweren (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German lievern, from Middle Low German lēveren, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
liwweren (Luxembourgish): to deliver
Definitions
- to deliver
Ancestry of “liwweren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | lievern | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | lēveren | — |
| 3 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |