Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landį̄

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

Etymology

From earlier *landwį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“waist, kidney”). Cognate with Russian лядвея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).

Noun

*landį̄ f

waist, loin
kidney

Inflection

īn-stemDeclension of *landį̄ (īn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*landį̄	*landīniz
vocative	*landį̄	*landīniz
accusative	*landīnų	*landīnunz
genitive	*landīniz	*landīnǫ̂
dative	*landīni	*landīmaz
instrumental	*landīnē	*landīmiz

Related terms

*landijō
*lunduz

Descendants

Old English: lænden, lenden, lænde, lende (in compounds); lendenu (plural)
- Middle English: lende
  - Scots: lend, leynd; lundin, linder
  - English: lende, lend
Old Frisian: lenden, lenderna (plural)
Old Saxon: lendin (plural)
- Middle Low German: lende
Old Dutch: lendin (plural)
- Middle Dutch: lende; lenden (plural)
  - Dutch: lende
Old High German: lentī, lentīn
- Middle High German: lente, lende
  - German: Lende
  - Luxembourgish: Lenn
Old Norse: lend (< *landijō?); lendir, lendar (plural)
- Icelandic: lend
- Norwegian: lend
- Old Swedish: lænd
  - Swedish: länd
- Danish: lænd
→ Finnish: lantio

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