Hm, I guess the "libre" is French, but "live", "light", and most importantly "lich" are all German. If we look for relatives of "libre", they include "leed"(so

Hm, I guess the "libre" is French, but "live", "light", and most importantly "lich" are all German. If we look for relatives of "libre", they include "leed"(song) and the first half of Leopold (adding "bold") and Luther (adding "army"). The common meaning is "people".