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Where does “libjaną” come from?

libjaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European leyp-, from Proto-Indo-European lēy- — to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...

libjaną (Proto-Germanic): to live, to be alive

Definitions

  1. to live, to be alive

Ancestry of “libjaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleyp-to stick; fat or sticky substance
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlēy-to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...

Words derived from “libjaną”

  • living
  • live
  • livestock
  • liveth
  • relive
  • livable
  • livest
  • liveness
  • Lebensraum
  • liveable
  • livability
  • unlivable
  • livingness
  • livingly
  • everliving
  • lebensraum
  • liveability
  • liveborn
  • unliving
  • unliveable
  • overlive
  • LiveScript
  • livity
  • liveaboard
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