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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
- IPA(key): /ˈlin.dɔː/
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 | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- 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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