Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lafendulā

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 Latin lavendula (“lavender”).

Noun

*lafendulā f

lavender

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lafendulā
Genitive	*lafendulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lafendulā	*lafendulōn
Accusative	*lafendulōn	*lafendulōn
Genitive	*lafendulōn	*lafendulōnō
Dative	*lafendulōn	lafendulōm, lafendulum
Instrumental	*lafendulōn	lafendulōm, lafendulum

Descendants

Old Saxon: levindola
- Middle Low German: lavendel, laffendel, lovendel, lofengel, levendel, lovengel
  - German Low German: Lewendel
  - → Danish: lavendel
  - → Swedish: lavendel
    - → Finnish: laventeli
Old Dutch: *lavendula
- Middle Dutch: lavendel, lavender (corrupted by Old French)
  - Dutch: lavendel
    - → West Frisian: lavindel
Old High German: lavendula, lafendula, lavendele, lafendele, lovengele, lofengele
- Middle High German: lavendel, lavendele
  - German: Lavendel
    - → Bulgarian: лаванду́ла (lavandúla)
    - → Czech: levandule
    - → Hungarian: levendula
  - Luxembourgish: Lavendel

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