Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lunis

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lunisaz, from Proto-Germanic *lunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lnH-, zero-grade of *lénHos (“axletree, linchpin”).

Noun

*lunis m

  1. linchpin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *lunis
Genitive *lunisas
Singular Plural
Nominative *lunis *lunisō, *lunisōs
Accusative *lunis *lunisā
Genitive *lunisas *lunisō
Dative *lunisē *lunisum
Instrumental *lunisu *lunisum
  • *luni
  • *lunisā

Descendants

  • Old English: lynis
    • Middle English: lins, lyns, lynce, lens
      • ⇒ Middle English: linspin, linpin, lynpinn
        • English: linchpin, linpin
        • Scots: linspin, linpin
        • ⇒ Early Scots: lynnale
          • Scots: lin-nail, lyn-nail
  • Old Frisian: *lenis, *lens
  • Old Saxon: lunis
    • Middle Low German: lüns
      • German Low German: Lüns
  • Old High German: lunis
    • >? Middle High German: luner, lüner
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