Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lubją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-yo-, from *lewbʰ- (“herb”), and cognate with Proto-Celtic *lubī (“herb, plant”).^[1] The root is likely equivalent to *lewbʰ- in the "peel, break, damage" sense (likely whence Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”)),^[2] which itself has been further derived from a Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”); the semantic development would be something like "peeled-off plant matter" > "herb" > "potion (made from herbs)".

The sense of love potion is influenced by similar forms from the unrelated *lubō (“love”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlub.jɑ̃/

Noun

*lubją n

Inflection

Declension of *lubją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lubją	*lubjō
vocative	*lubją	*lubjō
accusative	*lubją	*lubjō
genitive	lubjas, lubis	*lubjǫ̂
dative	*lubjai	*lubjamaz
instrumental	*lubjō	*lubjamiz

Related terms

*laubą (possibly)
*luftuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lubi
- Old English: lybb, lyb
  - Middle English: libbe
    - Scots: lib
    - English: lib
- Old Saxon: *lubbi
  - Middle Low German: lubbe
    - ⇒ German Low German: Lübbstick
- Old Dutch: *lubbi
  - Middle Dutch: libbe, lebbe
- Old High German: lubbi, *lub, lupi, luppi
  - Middle High German: luppe, lüppe
    - German: Luppe, Lüppe
Old Norse: lyf
- Icelandic: lyf
- Norwegian: lyv (dialectal), lyv (> lyvja)
- Old Swedish: lif, lȳf
  - Swedish: lev, lyv (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Old Swedish: lifia, lūfia, lȳfia, lø̄fia
    - Swedish: lövja
  - Elfdalian: lyv, löve
  - Helsingian: levjer f pl
- Old Danish: løv
Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌹 (*lubi) (> 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lubjaleis), 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (lubjaleisei))

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lubja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lubī/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 247

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lubja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lubī/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 247

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