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Old English lēof (inherited)
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Middle English lef (inherited)
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Middle English leve (mention)
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Middle English leef (mention)
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West Frisian leaf (cognate)
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Proto-Germanic *leubaz (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (root)
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German Low German leev (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian ljo (cognate)
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Saterland Frisian ljoo (mention)
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English leman (compound)
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English alife (mention)
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Middle English lever (mention)
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Alemannic German lieb (cognate)