leave

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

A1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/liːv/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”), Swedish leva (“to leave”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive. The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.

Related words

betlane

bêhndan

vêsan

tatîl

etle

pişû

bi rê ketin

semester

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