Proto-Germanic: *labōn-
Meaning: strengthen, refresh
Old English: lafian 'waschen, baden'
Old Saxon: lavon `laben, verkwikken'
Middle Dutch: laven `laben, verkwikken, troosten'
Dutch: laven
Old High German: labōn `waschen, erquicken, erfrieschen' (9.Jh.), laba (9.Jh.) `Labe, Labung, Erquickung, Erholung'
Middle High German: laben wk. 'waschen, mit Wasser benetzen, erquicken, (das Vieh) tränken'; labe st. f. 'labung; nährung'
German: laben; Labe f.
Comments: Considered to be borrowed < Lat. lavāre (at least with the meaning 'waschen').
