Proto-West Germanic
*lubu
‘love’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *lubu.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, most familiar first.
- love ← lufu
- loved ← lufode ← lufian ← *lubōn
- lovesome ← lufsom ← lufsum ← lufu
- lovewende ← luvewende ← lufwende ← lufu
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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *lubu