Proto-Germanic
*lībą
‘body’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *lībą.
7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *lībą, most familiar first.
- life ← lyf ← līf ← *līb
- alive ← alyve ← on līfe ← līf ← *līb
- lively ← lyvely ← līflīċe ← līf ← *līb
- lifeless ← lyfles ← līflēas ← līf ← *līb
- lifeguard ← lijf ← lijf ← līf ← *līb
- lapserdak ← לאַפּסערדאַק ← לײַב ← līp ← līb
- lifely ← lifly ← līflīċ ← līf ← *līb
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *lībą