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Middle Dutch lijf (inherited)
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Proto-Germanic *lībą (inherited)
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Old Dutch līf (inherited)
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Afrikaans lyf (inherited)
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Alemannic German Liib (cognate)
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Luxembourgish Leif (cognate)
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Low German Lief (cognate)
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German Low German Liiw (cognate)