Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lindō

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 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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly related to *linþaz (“mild, soft”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Has also been compared to Albanian lëndë (“wood, material”), Lithuanian lentà (“(linden) board”), Russian лут (lut, “(linden) bast”) (< Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ), thereby perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *lentéh₂.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*lindō f

  1. linden tree
  2. (poetic) shield (made of linden wood)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *lindō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lindō *lindôz
vocative *lindō *lindôz
accusative *lindǭ *lindōz
genitive *lindōz *lindǫ̂
dative *lindōi *lindōmaz
instrumental *lindō *lindōmiz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*lentehₐ-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161
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