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West Frisian libje (cognate)
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Middle Low German leven (cognate)
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Proto-West Germanic *libbjan (inherited)
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Old High German lebēn (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (derived)
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German Low German lęven (cognate)
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German Low German lewen (mention)
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Old Norse lifa (cognate)
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Old English libban (cognate)
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Alemannic German lëëbe (cognate)
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Icelandic lifa (cognate)
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Luxembourgish liewen (cognate)
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Norwegian Bokmål leve (cognate)
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Old Norse fjǫr (mention)
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Pennsylvania German lewe (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian líeuwje (cognate)
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Volapük lifön (borrowed)