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German word leben comes from Proto-Indo-European *lī-, Proto-Indo-European *leip-, and later Proto-Germanic *libjaną (To live, to be alive.)
*lī- (Proto-Indo-European)
*leip- (Proto-Indo-European)
*leyp- (Proto-Indo-European)
*libjaną (Proto-Germanic)
To live, to be alive.
lebēn (Old High German)
leben (German)
(intransitive) to dwell, to reside. (intransitive) to live, to be alive. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to occupy a place. (intransitive, hyperbole) To cope with, to live with, to deal with.