Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landį̄

This Proto-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.

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

*landį̄ f

1. waist, loin
2. kidney

• *landijō
• *lunduz
• *lundiją
• *lund(ij)ō

• Proto-West Germanic: *landī, *landīn
  • Old English: lænden, lenden, lænde, lende (in compounds); lendenu (plural)
    • Middle English: lende, leend, leende, lynde
      • English: lend
      • Scots: lend, leynd
  • Old Frisian: lenden, lenderna (plural)
    • Saterland Frisian: Leende
  • Old Saxon: lendin (plural)
    • Middle Low German: lende
      • German Low German: Lenne, Lenn
  • 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
• → Proto-Finnic: *landëh (see there for further descendants)