Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/linsī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin lēns ~ lentis (“lentil”).^[1]

Noun edit

*linsī f

lentil

Inflection edit

īn-stem
	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
- Middle English: lent, lente
Old Saxon: linsi
- Middle Low German: linse
  - → Danish: linse
  - → Norwegian: linse
  - → Swedish: lins
Old Dutch: *linsi
- Middle Dutch: lins
Old High German: linsi, lins, linsīn
- Middle High German: linse, lins
  - German: Linse
    - → Dutch: linze

References edit

^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “linze”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Vries, Jan (1971) “linze”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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