Proto-Germanic

*libjaną

‘to live’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, most familiar first.

• live ← lefe ← libban ← *libbjan
• living ← livynge ← lifiġende ← *libbjandī ← *libjandz
• lib ← lyven ← libban ← *libbjan
• liven ← lyven ← libban ← *libbjan
• mislive ← misliven ← mislibban ← libban ← *libbjan
• overlive ← overliven ← oferlibban ← libban ← *libbjan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *libjaną