living

living · verb, adjective¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*libjaną“to live”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*libjandz“living”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*libbjandī
4. Old English · inherited fromlifiġende
5. Middle English · inherited fromlivynge
6. English todayliving

From Middle English livynge, libbyng, livinde, livand, livende, libbinde, libbende, from Old English lifiġende, lifiende, libbende, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjandī, from Proto-Germanic *libjandz (“living”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian libbend (“living”), Dutch levend (“living”), German lebend (“living”), Swedish levande (“living”), Icelandic lifandi (“living”).

living · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromlivynge
2. English todayliving

From Middle English livynge, libbynge, equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch levinge, (whence Dutch leving (“way of life, living”)), Middle Low German lēvinge (“living”).

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