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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linþaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *linþijaz (West Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s.[1][2][3] Cognate with Latin lentus (flexible, sticky), Lithuanian lentà (board).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlin.θɑz/

Adjective

*linþaz

  1. bendsome; flexible
  2. pliable; supple
  3. weak; soft; mild

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: līþe
  • Old Frisian: *līthe
    • Saterland Frisian: lied
  • Old Saxon: līthi, *linthi
    • Middle Low German: linde (possibly borrowed from High German)
  • Old High German: lind, lindi
  • Old Norse: *linnr
  • Germanic: *galinþijaz
    • Old Saxon: *galinthi
      • Middle Low German: gelinde (possibly borrowed from High German)
        • German Low German: gelinde
        • Plautdietsch: jelind
    • Old High German: gilindi

Noun

*linþaz m

  1. serpent; snake

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *linþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *linþaz *linþōz, *linþōs
vocative *linþ *linþōz, *linþōs
accusative *linþą *linþanz
genitive *linþas, *linþis *linþǫ̂
dative *linþai *linþamaz
instrumental *linþō *linþamiz

Derived terms

  • *linþawurmaz

Descendants

  • Old High German: lind
    • Middle High German: lint
  • Old Norse: linnr, linni
  • Germanic: *linþawurmaz
    • Old Saxon: *lindwurm
      • Middle Low German: lindeworm
        • German Low German: Lindworm
    • Old Dutch: *lindwurm
    • Old High German: lindwurm
      • Middle High German: lintwurm
    • Old Norse: linnormr

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “lento-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 667
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*linþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 339
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lentus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 335
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