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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s.[1][2][3] Cognate with Latin lentus (“flexible, sticky”), Lithuanian lentà (“board”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*linþaz
- bendsome; flexible
- pliable; supple
- weak; soft; mild
Inflection
Declension of *linþaz (a-stem)
strong declension
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*linþaz
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*linþai
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*linþō
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*linþôz
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*linþą, *-at(ō)
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*linþō
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accusative
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*linþanǭ
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*linþanz
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*linþǭ
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*linþōz
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*linþą, *-at(ō)
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*linþō
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genitive
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*linþas, *linþis
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*linþaizǫ̂
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*linþaizōz
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*linþaizǫ̂
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*linþas, *linþis
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*linþaizǫ̂
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dative
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*linþammai
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*linþaimaz
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*linþaizōi
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*linþaimaz
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*linþammai
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*linþaimaz
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instrumental
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*linþanō
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*linþaimiz
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*linþaizō
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*linþaimiz
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*linþanō
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*linþaimiz
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weak declension
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*linþô
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*linþaniz
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*linþǭ
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*linþōniz
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*linþô
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*linþōnō
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accusative
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*linþanų
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*linþanunz
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*linþōnų
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*linþōnunz
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*linþô
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*linþōnō
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genitive
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*linþiniz
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*linþanǫ̂
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*linþōniz
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*linþōnǫ̂
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*linþiniz
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*linþanǫ̂
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dative
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*linþini
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*linþammaz
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*linþōni
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*linþōmaz
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*linþini
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*linþammaz
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instrumental
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*linþinē
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*linþammiz
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*linþōnē
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*linþōmiz
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*linþinē
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*linþammiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
*linþaz m[4]
- serpent; snake
- Synonyms: *agiz, *nadraz, *nadrǭ, *slangô, *wurmiz
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *linþaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*linþaz
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*linþōz, *linþōs
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vocative
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*linþ
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*linþōz, *linþōs
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accusative
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*linþą
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*linþanz
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genitive
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*linþas, *linþis
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*linþǫ̂
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dative
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*linþai
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*linþamaz
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instrumental
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*linþō
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*linþamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lento-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 667
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*linþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
- ^ 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, →ISBN, page 335
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lenþaz I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lenþa-wurmaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 241