Liiw

German Low German

Alternative forms
  • Liif, Lif
  • Liw

Etymology

From Middle Low German lîf, from Old Saxon līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-. Cognate with Plautdietsch Lief, Dutch lijf (“body”), English life, German Leib (“body”), Swedish liv (“waist, life”).

Noun

Liiw n

  1. (in several dialects) life
  2. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) body
    1. (in particular) the stomach, the belly; the abdomen, the trunk

Synonyms
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