Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landį̄

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *landwį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“waist, kidney”). Cognate with Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).

Noun

*landį̄ f

waist, loin
kidney

Inflection

īn-stemDeclension of *landį̄ (īn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*landį̄	*landīniz
vocative	*landį̄	*landīniz
accusative	*landīnų	*landīnunz
genitive	*landīniz	*landīnǫ̂
dative	*landīni	*landīmaz
instrumental	*landīnē	*landīmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *landī, *landīn
- Old English: lænden, lenden, lænde, lende (in compounds); lendenu (plural)
  - Middle English: lende, leend, leende, lynde
    - English: lend
    - Scots: lend, leynd
- Old Frisian: lenden, lenderna (plural)
  - Saterland Frisian: Leende
- Old Saxon: lendin (plural)
  - Middle Low German: lende
    - German Low German: Lenne, Lenn
- Old Dutch: lendin (plural)
  - Middle Dutch: lende; lenden (plural)
    - Dutch: lende
- Old High German: lentī, lentīn
  - Middle High German: lente, lende
    - German: Lende
    - Luxembourgish: Lenn
Old Norse: lend (< *landijō?); lendir, lendar (plural)
- Icelandic: lend
- Norwegian: lend
- Old Swedish: lænd
  - Swedish: länd
- Danish: lænd
→ Proto-Finnic: *landëh (see there for further descendants)