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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *landwį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (waist, kidney). Cognate with Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, thigh, haunch).[1]

Noun

*landį̄ f[1]

  1. waist, loin
  2. kidney

Inflection

Declension of *landį̄ (īn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *landį̄ *landīniz
vocative *landį̄ *landīniz
accusative *landīnų *landīnunz
genitive *landīniz *landīnǫ̂
dative *landīni *landīmaz
instrumental *landīnē *landīmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *landī, *landīn
  • Old Norse: lend (< *landijō?); lendir, lendar (plural)
  • Proto-Finnic: *landëh (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*landjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327