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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.
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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]
- waist, loin
- kidney
Inflection
Declension of *landį̄ (īn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*landį̄
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*landīniz
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| vocative
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*landį̄
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*landīniz
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| accusative
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*landīnų
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*landīnunz
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| genitive
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*landīniz
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*landīnǫ̂
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| dative
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*landīni
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*landīmaz
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| instrumental
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*landīnē
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*landīmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *landī, *landīn
- Old English: lænden, lenden, lænde, lende (in compounds); lendenu (plural)
- Old Frisian: lenden, lenderna (plural)
- Old Saxon: lendin (plural)
- Middle Low German: lende
- German Low German: Lenne, Lenn
- Old Dutch: lendin (plural)
- Old High German: lentī, lentīn
- Old Norse: lend (< *landijō?); lendir, lendar (plural)
- → Proto-Finnic: *landëh (see there for further descendants)
References
- ↑ 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