Old High German leben

← Old English libban (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *libjaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *libbjan (inherited)

← Old High German lebēn (mention)

← Alemannic German lawe (link)

← Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (derived)

← Old Norse lifa (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish Liewen (inherited)