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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 Proto-Indo-European *ln̥dʰ-(y)eh₂-, from *lendʰ- (“kidney, loin”).[1]
The semantic shift from "kidney" > "mood" in North Germanic languages and metaphorical usage of a non-heart organ to indicate mood is observed cross-linguistically, compare White Hmong siab (“liver; mood”).
Noun
*lundō f[1]
- loin
- kidney
- fat
Inflection
Declension of *lundō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*lundō
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*lundôz
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| vocative
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*lundō
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*lundôz
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| accusative
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*lundǭ
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*lundōz
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| genitive
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*lundōz
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*lundǫ̂
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| dative
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*lundōi
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*lundōmaz
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| instrumental
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*lundō
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*lundōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *lundu
- Old High German: lunta, lunda
- ⇒ Old High German: luntussa
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *lundulagō m
- Old Norse: lund f
- Icelandic: lund f (“mood”)
- Faroese: lund f (“disposition, temper", in the plural, "loin”)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lund f (“hip”)
- ⇒ Old Norse: lundi m
- ⇒ Old Norse: lundr (“minded”, adjective)
- ⇒ Old Norse: lunderni n (“temperment”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lund(j)ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344