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Old English līf (inherited)
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Middle English lif (inherited)
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Middle English lyf (mention)
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North Frisian liff (cognate)
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West Frisian liif (cognate)
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Proto-Germanic *lībą (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *līb (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *lip- (mention)
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Icelandic líf (cognate)
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Low German lif (cognate)
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Cimbrian laip (cognate)
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Alemannic German Liib (cognate)
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Japanese ライフ (borrowed)
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Luxembourgish Leif (cognate)
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Low German Lief (cognate)
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German Low German Liiw (cognate)
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Norwegian Nynorsk liv (cognate)
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Punjabi ਲਾਈਫ਼ (borrowed)
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Saterland Frisian Lieuw (link)
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Tok Pisin laip (derived)