Dutch lief

← Middle Dutch lief (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *leubaz (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (root)

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

← Old Dutch *liof (inherited)

→ English lief (cognate)

→ German lieb (cognate)

→ Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (cognate)

→ Alemannic German lieb (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish léif (cognate)

→ Dutch -s (link)

→ Dutch lieveling (affix)

→ Dutch liefhebben (compound)

→ Dutch lieven (affix)

→ Dutch zoonlief (affix)

→ Dutch liefdadig (affix)

→ Dutch madelief (mention)

→ Dutch lieflijk (suffix)

→ Dutch poeslief (compound)