Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/langatīn
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *lang (“long”) + *tīn (“day”) from Proto-Germanic *tīnaz, so named because the days become longer again in spring.
Noun
edit*langatīn m[1]
- (seasons) spring
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *langatīn | |
Genitive | *langatīnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *langatīn | *langatīnō, *langatīnōs |
Accusative | *langatīn | *langatīnā |
Genitive | *langatīnas | *langatīnō |
Dative | *langatīnē | *langatīnum |
Instrumental | *langatīnu | *langatīnum |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: lencten, lengten
- Old Saxon: lentin
- Old Dutch: lentin
- Old High German: lenzo, lengizin, lenzin, lenz
See also
editSeasons in Proto-West Germanic · *jārastīdī (layout · text) · category | |||
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*langatīn (“spring”) | *sumar (“summer”) | *harbist (“autumn”) | *wintru (“winter”) |
References
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Lenz”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “wg. *langa-tīn(a)-”