Proto-West Germanic

*līb

‘body’

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

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *līb, most familiar first.

• life ← lyf ← līf
• alive ← alyve ← on līfe ← līf
• lively ← lyvely ← līflīċe ← līf
• lifeless ← lyfles ← līflēas ← līf
• lifeguard ← lijf ← lijf ← līf
• lapserdak ← לאַפּסערדאַק ← לײַב ← līp ← līb
• lifely ← lifly ← līflīċ ← līf

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *līb