Masculine
Leib
- (dated, masculine, strong) body
- (masculine, strong) by semantic narrowing more specifically
- (masculine, strong) by semantic narrowing more specifically
- (masculine, strong) by semantic narrowing more specifically
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/laɪ̯p/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German līp, from Old High German līb, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Dutch lijf (“body”), Low German Lief (“body”), English life, Swedish liv (“life, waist”).
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