Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-lif

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *lībaną (“to remain, be left”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɸ/

Suffix

*-lif

  1. Used in Proto-Germanic *ainalif and Proto-Germanic *twalif by compounding with *ainaz (“one”) and *twai (“two”), in the sense of how many are left over after counting ten.
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