Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/linsī
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin lēns ~ lentis (“lentil”).[1]
Noun
edit*linsī f
Inflection
editīn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *linsī | |
Genitive | *linsīn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *linsī | — |
Accusative | *linsīn | — |
Genitive | *linsīn | — |
Dative | *linsīn | — |
Instrumental | *linsīn | — |
Alternative reconstructions
edit- *lintī
Descendants
edit- Old English: lent, *lente
- Old Saxon: linsi
- Old Dutch: *linsi
- Middle Dutch: lins
- Old High German: linsi, lins, linsīn
References
edit- ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “linze”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN