l-ikW-
From: tgpedersen
Message: 14356
Date: 2002-08-17
What's the deal with "leave"?
My dictionary says Proto-Germanic *laib-ian, causative of
*liban "remain". But if the latter had been **leivan, it might have
come from **leiGWan, in Verner-relation to *leixWan, from PIE *leikW-
"leave", which would be nice. Has this been sorted out already?
Torsten