Proto-West Germanic *libbjan

→ Cimbrian lem (inherited)

→ German leben (inherited)

→ Middle Dutch leven (inherited)

→ Old High German leben (inherited)

→ Mòcheno lem (inherited)

→ Dutch leven (inherited)

→ Old Saxon libbian (inherited)

→ Saterland Frisian líeuwje (inherited)

→ Yiddish לעבן (inherited)