lääwe
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- lewe (Föhr-Amrum)
- lawe (Goesharde)
- lewwe (Heligoland)
- laawe (Mooring)
- lewi (Sylt)
Etymology
From Old Frisian leva, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”).
Verb
lääwe
- (Wiedingharde) to live