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Proto-Germanic *leubaz (inherited)
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Middle High German liep (inherited)
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Old High German liob (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (derived)
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Middle English lever (cognate)
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East Central German lieb (cognate)
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Alemannic German lieb (cognate)
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Luxembourgish léif (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian ljoof (cognate)