Lub-
Lub- , Liub- or Ljub- is a word component in place names and personal names, especially in Slavic- speaking countries.
origin
The syllable Ljub- was probably derived from the Germanic liub, leub for lovely, loved . In some Slavic languages, Lyuba means love .
One of the earliest known bearers of such a name was Saint Lubinus of Chartres in the 6th century.
Over the centuries, the syllable also changed to deciduous , Leob , Leub- , loveless , and other forms.
Place names
Place names with Lub- are among the earliest name forms in the West Slavonic language area. Important early castles were Lebus , Leoben , Libušín , Lübeck .
- Liuban
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Liubegast
- Laubegast (Saxony), love guest
- Liuberoz
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Liubin
- Leoben (Styria), Löben (Anhalt), Lübben (Spreewald) , Lübbenau / Spreewald , Lubin (Hinterpommern), Lubin (Lebus), Lubin (Lower Silesia), Lubina (Moravia), Lubina (Slovakia), Lubina , river in Silesia, Moravia, Lubina, Herzegovina River
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Liubice
- Leibsch (Niederlausitz), Groß- / Klein-Leipisch (Saxony), Lübeck (Holstein)
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Liubus
- Libušín (Bohemia), Ljubuški , Langenlois (Lower Austria)
- Lublin
- Lubmin (Western Pomerania)
Personal names
Names like Ljubow, Ljubomir or Ljuben are not mentioned more often until around the 19th century.
literature
- Max Vasmer : Russian etymological dictionary. Heidelberg 1953-1958, ZDB -ID 1341766-6