Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lībaną

Etymology
Probably from, although the appearance of the voiced (unstressed) Verner alternant b is unexpected. The verb may be back-formed from an older verb with the voiced alternant, such as.

Verb

 * 1) to remain, to be left

Descendants
There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative and inchoative derived from it are attested in several languages.