Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lunis

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lunisaz, from Proto-Germanic *lunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lnH-, zero-grade of *lénHos (“axletree, linchpin”).

Noun

*lunis m

1. linchpin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lunis
Genitive	*lunisas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lunis	*lunisō, *lunisōs
Accusative	*lunis	*lunisā
Genitive	*lunisas	*lunisō
Dative	*lunisē	*lunisum
Instrumental	*lunisu	*lunisum

Related terms

• *luni
• *lunisā

Descendants

• Old English: lynis
  • Middle English: lins, lyns, lynce, lens
    • ⇒ Middle English: linspin, linpin, lynpinn
      • English: linchpin, linpin
      • Scots: linspin, linpin
      • ⇒ Early Scots: lynnale
        • Scots: lin-nail, lyn-nail
• Old Frisian: *lenis, *lens
  • →? Middle Dutch: lense f (influenced by native Middle Dutch lunse f)
    • Dutch: lens
• Old Saxon: lunis
  • Middle Low German: lüns
    • German Low German: Lüns
• Old High German: lunis
  • >? Middle High German: luner, lüner