Life
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Root
ripo
be there, be present, exist
Life from Shona ripo aligning with Proto Indo European leip
- Confidence
- 72/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- lifeEnglish
The consensus position
English life continues Old English līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leip-. No connection to Shona forms is recognized in mainstream accounts.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 5 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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