Word Family - Liberty

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Introduction

It is the right and proper state of a people or nation to be free, generous, honorable, hairy, libertine, and liberal children and vegetables.

Teaser

liberty, deliver, Loðbrok, Luther

Full Text

  • Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- growth, people
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeti primary verb
      • Germanic *leudaną to sprout, to grow
        • East Germanic
          • Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 liudan to grow
        • North Germanic *ludanaʀ grown past participle
          • Old Norse loðinn hairy, shaggy, grassy
            • Icelandic loðinn hairy, furry
            • Old Norse Loðbrok epithet: Shaggy-Britches (of legendary viking Ragnar Loðbrok)
        • West Germanic *leudan
          • Old English lēodan to grow
          • Old High German liotan
      • Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰati
        • Indo-Aryan *Hráwdʰati
          • Sanskrit 𑀭𑁄𑀥𑀢𑀺 ródhati to grow, to sprout
        • Iranian *Hráwdati
          • Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 raoδəṇti they grow
      • Tocharian *lut-
        • Arshian lut-
        • Kushean lut- go beyond, drive out
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁lówdʰos
      • Germanic *laudaz large, grown, grown man
        • East Germanic
          • Gothic *lauþs
            • Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 juggalauþs young man
            • Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 swalauþs as great as, thus great, so great
        • West Germanic *laud
      • Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰas
        • Iranian *Hráwdah
          • Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 raoδa growth, stature
          • Pashto لويېدل loyedal to grow
          • Western Iranian
            • Old Persian
              • Persian رستن rostan to grow
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰeros contrastive adjective?
      • Hellenic
        • Classical Greek ἐλεύθερος eleútheros free, freedom
          • Greek ελεύθερος eléftheros free, single, available
          • English Eleuthera
          • Classical Greek ἐλευθερῐ́ᾱ eleutheríā freedom, liberty, manumission, license
            • Greek ελευθερία elefthería freedom, liberty
      • Italic *Louðeros Divinity of growth, Līber
        • Oscan 𐌋𐌞𐌅𐌚𐌓𐌄𐌝𐌔 lúvfreís of (the god) Līber only attested as genitive
        • Latin Līber Divinity of growth and planting
      • Italic *louðeros free, child
        • Latin līber free, unrestricted
          • Western Romance
            • French libre free, at liberty, without obligation, clear, vacant
              • English libre Think free as in free speech, not free beer.
            • Spanish libre free, clear
          • Italian libero free, unobstructed
          • Latin līberāre to free, to liberate, to release, to deliver
            • Western Romance
              • Old French livrer to deliver, to give birth
                • French livrer to deliver, to give away
                • Dutch leveren to supply, to deliver
                • Old French livree delivery
                  • French livrée livery
                  • Middle English livery
                    • English livery
                  • Italian livrea livery, plumage
                • Old French delivrer
                  • Middle English deliveren
                    • English deliver
              • Spanish librar to save, to rescue, to deliver, to place, to give birth
            • French libérer to liberate, to set free, to vacate re-borrowing
            • Italian liberare to free, set free, release, deliver, vacate
            • Spanish liberar to liberate
          • Latin līberālis pertaining to freedom, dignified, honorable, generous
            • English liberal
          • Latin līberātiō liberation, release
            • French libération deliverance, release, liberation
              • English liberation
            • Italian liberazione release, liberation, freeing
            • Spanish liberación liberation
          • Latin līberī free ones, children
        • Italic *louðortāts freedom
          • Faliscan 𐌋𐌏𐌉𐌚𐌉𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏 loifirtato freedom, liberty
          • Latin lībertās liberty, freedom, freedom of speech, candor, independence, social privilege
            • French liberté liberty, freedom
              • English liberty
            • Italian libertà freedom, liberty
            • Spanish libertad freedom
        • Italic *louðert(a/os) freedwoman, freedman
          • Faliscan 𐌋𐌏𐌉𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌕𐌀 loiferta freedwoman
          • Latin lībert(a/us) freedwoman, freedman
            • Latin lībertīnus freedman, pertaining to free people
              • French libertin libertine
                • English libertine
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis abstract action noun
      • Balto-Slavic *ljáudis
        • Baltic
          • East Baltic
            • Lithuanian liaudis people, nation
          • West Baltic
            • Old Prussian ludis owner, landlord
              • Old Prussian ludini owner, landlady
        • Slavic *ľȗdьje people
          • East Slavic люди ljudi
            • Russian люди ljudi people, humans
            • Ukrainian люди ljudy people, humans
            • Ludic lüüdi
              • Finnish lyydi Ludic
                • English Ludic
          • South Slavic
            • Old Church Slavonic людиѥ ljudije
            • Serbo-Croatian људи ljudi people suppletive plural of čȍvjek
          • West Slavic
            • Czech lidé people suppletive plural of člověk
            • Polish ludzie people
      • Germanic *liudīz person, people
        • East Germanic
          • Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 liuþs person
        • North Germanic *liudiʀ
          • Old Norse lýðr
            • Icelandic lýður
          • Finnic *liuta group, flock
            • Finnish liuta flock, swarm, a lot of
              • Finnish lapsiliuta swarms of children
        • West Germanic *liudi
          • Old English lēod people, nation, man, chief, prince, weregild
            • Scots lede person, people, folk
            • Old English lēoden popular, national, native language [1]
              • Middle English leden language [1]
                • Scots leed language, native language, vernacular
          • Frankish *liudi people
            • Dutch lieden people
            • Medieval Latin leudēs vassals
              • French leude vassal
          • Old High German liuti
            • Middle High German liute
            • German Leute people
            • Yiddish לײַט layt adult, person
        • Germanic *Liudibalþaz personal name: People-Bold
          • West Germanic
            • Old High German Luitbald
              • German Leopold altered by association with leo
                • English Leopold
        • Germanic *Liudiharjaz personal name: People-Warrior
          • West Germanic
            • Old High German Liutheri
              • German Luther
                • English Luther
                  • English Lutheran
        • Germanic *Liudiką
          • West Germanic
            • Frankish
              • Dutch Luik Liège
              • Medieval Latin Vicus Leudicus Liège
                • Medieval Latin Leodicum
              • Old French
                • French Liège
                  • English Liege
            • Old High German Lutihha
              • German Lüttich Liège
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁ludʰtus
      • Celtic *lussus
        • Brythonic
          • Welsh llysiau vegetable
        • Old Irish lus herb, plant, vegetable
          • Irish lus herb, plant
        • Celtic *ande-lussus much growth? intensive *ande-
          • Old Irish
            • Middle Irish indlos growth, riches
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰnos
      • Proto-Albanian *lèudno
        • Albanian lem people
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰonom
      • Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰanam
        • Indo-Aryan
          • Sanskrit 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀡 róhaṇa act of climbing, healing, arising from
    • Proto-Indo-European *swé-h₁lewdʰ-? self-people?, self-growth?
      • Proto-Albanian *swe-laudā
        • Albanian vëlla brother

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Collected English words

Eleuthera, libre, livery, deliver, liberal, liberation, liberty, libertine, Ludic, Leopold, Luther, Lutheran, Liege

Footnotes

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    In Old English, you could contrast lēoden: "native (language), the vernacular", to Lǣden: "Latin". These were conflated in Middle English leden: "language".

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