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Verb [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: Of uncertain and disputed origin. Possibly from Latin lavō (“to wash, bathe”), though Latin v usually becomes f or w in West Germanic (e.g. *lafendulā, *pulwī, *wall), not b; also, the early West Germanic meanings are difficult to explain, as they do not convey the meaning of "wash" or "bathe". Old High German labōn exclusively means "to refresh, revitalize, invigorate, strengthen, provide sustenance". Not until Middle High German did laben additionally come to mean "wash, bathe with water" (in addition to the existing senses). Likewise, the earliest Old English meaning was "to pour", not "wash, bathe with water". Old Saxon lavōn only means "refresh", and Middle Low German lāven means "refresh, revitalise, provide with food and drink" and never "wash, bathe with water". Indeed, Low German laven today still signifies "refresh/replenish (oneself), feast". Middle and Modern Dutch also mean "refresh, slake one's thirst", not "wash". Only through sound-alike influence from Latin lavō and Old French laver does Middle and Modern English acquire the meaning "wash" or "bathe" (in addition to earlier senses). Alternatively, perhaps related to Ancient Greek λωφάω (lōpháō, “to recover, rest”), itself of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{unc|gmw-pro|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{bor|gmw-pro|la|lavō|t=to wash, bathe}} Latin lavō (“to wash, bathe”), {{noncog|la|lavō}} Latin lavō, {{noncog|fro|laver}} Old French laver, {{cog|grc|λωφάω|t=to recover, rest}} Ancient Greek λωφάω (lōpháō, “to recover, rest”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *labōn Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-wk2}} Forms: weak [table-tags], labōn [infinitive], labōnijas [genitive, infinitive], labōnijē [dative, infinitive], labōniju [infinitive, instrumental], labō [first-person, present, singular], labōdā [first-person, past, singular], labōs [present, second-person, singular], labōdēs [past, second-person, singular], labōdōs [past, second-person, singular], labōþ [present, singular, third-person], labōdē [past, singular, third-person], labōdā [past, singular, third-person], labōm [first-person, plural, present], labōdum [first-person, past, plural], labōþ [plural, present, second-person], labōdud [past, plural, second-person], labōnþ [plural, present, third-person], labōdun [past, plural, third-person], labōdī [first-person, past, singular], labōdī [past, second-person, singular], labō [present, singular, third-person], labōdī [past, singular, third-person], labōdīm [first-person, past, plural], labōdīd [past, plural, second-person], labōn [plural, present, third-person], labōdīn [past, plural, third-person], labō [present, singular], labōþ [plural, present], labōndī [participle, present], labōd [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to strengthen Tags: reconstruction, transitive Derived forms (Old Dutch): gilavon, irlavon
    Sense id: en-labōn-gmw-pro-verb-Yljg7Gjy Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'Old Dutch': 62 38
  2. (transitive) to refresh or revitalise with food, drink, warmth, etc. Tags: reconstruction, transitive Derived forms (Middle High German): entlaben, gelaben (english: to recover from, recuperate, become strong), irlaben, erlaben Derived forms (Old High German): antlabōn, bilabōn, gilabōn, irlabōn
    Sense id: en-labōn-gmw-pro-verb-2TeYSjnc Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Middle High German': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Old High German': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: laugu (alt: if related to Latin lavō) (english: to wash), lauþr (if related to Latin lavō) (english: to wash)
Derived forms: andalabōn, bilabōn, ġelafian [Old-English], gelaven [Dutch, Middle], gelaben [German, obsolete], galabōn, ⇒? Middle Dutch: herlaven, erlaven [Dutch, Middle], erlaben [German], uʀlabōn Derived forms (Old Saxon): gilavōn Disambiguation of 'Old Saxon': 0 100
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            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "lave"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "word": "lavien"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "lave"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "lavish"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "lave"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "word": "laven"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old English",
      "lang_code": "ang",
      "word": "lafian"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "lang_code": "fy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "lauwgje"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "ofs",
      "word": "*lavia"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "German Low German",
              "lang_code": "nds",
              "word": "laven"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "lang_code": "gml",
          "word": "lāven"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "lang_code": "osx",
      "word": "lavōn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "German Low German",
              "lang_code": "nds",
              "word": "laven"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "lang_code": "gml",
          "word": "lāven"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "lang_code": "osx",
      "word": "labōn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Afrikaans",
                  "lang_code": "af",
                  "word": "laaf"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Afrikaans",
                  "lang_code": "af",
                  "word": "lawe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "West Frisian",
                  "lang_code": "fy",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "laavje"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Dutch",
              "lang_code": "nl",
              "word": "laven"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Limburgish",
              "lang_code": "li",
              "word": "lave"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Dutch",
          "lang_code": "dum",
          "word": "lāven"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Dutch",
      "lang_code": "odt",
      "word": "lavon"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
                  "lang_code": "stq",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "labje"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "German",
              "lang_code": "de",
              "word": "laben"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "laben"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "lang_code": "goh",
      "word": "labōn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lavō",
        "t": "to wash, bathe"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lavō (“to wash, bathe”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lavō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lavō",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "laver"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French laver",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λωφάω",
        "t": "to recover, rest"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λωφάω (lōpháō, “to recover, rest”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of uncertain and disputed origin.\nPossibly from Latin lavō (“to wash, bathe”), though Latin v usually becomes f or w in West Germanic (e.g. *lafendulā, *pulwī, *wall), not b; also, the early West Germanic meanings are difficult to explain, as they do not convey the meaning of \"wash\" or \"bathe\". Old High German labōn exclusively means \"to refresh, revitalize, invigorate, strengthen, provide sustenance\". Not until Middle High German did laben additionally come to mean \"wash, bathe with water\" (in addition to the existing senses). Likewise, the earliest Old English meaning was \"to pour\", not \"wash, bathe with water\". Old Saxon lavōn only means \"refresh\", and Middle Low German lāven means \"refresh, revitalise, provide with food and drink\" and never \"wash, bathe with water\". Indeed, Low German laven today still signifies \"refresh/replenish (oneself), feast\". Middle and Modern Dutch also mean \"refresh, slake one's thirst\", not \"wash\". Only through sound-alike influence from Latin lavō and Old French laver does Middle and Modern English acquire the meaning \"wash\" or \"bathe\" (in addition to earlier senses).\nAlternatively, perhaps related to Ancient Greek λωφάω (lōpháō, “to recover, rest”), itself of unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-wk2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōnijas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōnijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōniju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōdīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "labōd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*labōn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk2"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/labōn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "if related to Latin lavō",
      "english": "to wash",
      "translation": "to wash",
      "word": "laugu"
    },
    {
      "english": "to wash",
      "roman": "if related to Latin lavō",
      "translation": "to wash",
      "word": "lauþr"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-West Germanic transitive verbs",
        "gmw-pro:Strength"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strengthen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strengthen",
          "strengthen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to strengthen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-West Germanic transitive verbs",
        "gmw-pro:Health"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refresh or revitalise with food, drink, warmth, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refresh",
          "refresh"
        ],
        [
          "revitalise",
          "revitalise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to refresh or revitalise with food, drink, warmth, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Elmar Seebold",
    "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
    "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
  ],
  "word": "labōn"
}

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