Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lindō
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly related to *linþaz (“mild, soft”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Has also been compared to Albanian lëndë (“wood, material”), Lithuanian lentà (“(linden) board”), Russian лут (lut, “(linden) bast”) (< Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ), thereby perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *lentéh₂.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*lindō f
- linden tree
- (poetic) shield (made of linden wood)
Inflection
editō-stemDeclension of *lindō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *lindō | *lindôz | |
vocative | *lindō | *lindôz | |
accusative | *lindǭ | *lindōz | |
genitive | *lindōz | *lindǫ̂ | |
dative | *lindōi | *lindōmaz | |
instrumental | *lindō | *lindōmiz |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *lindu
- Old Norse: lind
References
edit- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*lentehₐ-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161
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- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic nouns
- Proto-Germanic feminine nouns
- Proto-Germanic poetic terms
- Proto-Germanic ō-stem nouns
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