Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linþaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s. Cognate with Latin lentus (“flexible, sticky”), Lithuanian lentà (“board”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.θɑz/

Adjective

*linþaz

1. bendsome; flexible
2. pliable; supple
3. weak; soft; mild

Inflection

Declension of *linþaz (a-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*linþaz	*linþai	*linþō	*linþôz	*linþą, *-at(ō)	*linþō
accusative	*linþanǭ	*linþanz	*linþǭ	*linþōz	*linþą, *-at(ō)	*linþō
genitive	*linþas, *linþis	*linþaizǫ̂	*linþaizōz	*linþaizǫ̂	*linþas, *linþis	*linþaizǫ̂
dative	*linþammai	*linþaimaz	*linþaizōi	*linþaimaz	*linþammai	*linþaimaz
instrumental	*linþanō	*linþaimiz	*linþaizō	*linþaimiz	*linþanō	*linþaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*linþô	*linþaniz	*linþǭ	*linþōniz	*linþô	*linþōnō
accusative	*linþanų	*linþanunz	*linþōnų	*linþōnunz	*linþô	*linþōnō
genitive	*linþiniz	*linþanǫ̂	*linþōniz	*linþōnǫ̂	*linþiniz	*linþanǫ̂
dative	*linþini	*linþammaz	*linþōni	*linþōmaz	*linþini	*linþammaz
instrumental	*linþinē	*linþammiz	*linþōnē	*linþōmiz	*linþinē	*linþammiz

Alternative forms

• *linþijaz

Derived terms

• *galinþijaz
  • Proto-West Germanic: *galinþī
    • Old Saxon: *gilīthi
      • Middle Low German: gelinde (possibly borrowed from High German)
        • German Low German: gelinde
        • Plautdietsch: jelind
    • Old High German: gilindi
      • Middle High German: gelinde
        • German: gelinde

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *linþ(ī)
  • Old English: līþe
    • Middle English: lithe, lythe
      • English: lithe
      • Scots: lythe, lyth
  • Old Frisian: *līthe
    • Saterland Frisian: lied
  • Old Saxon: līthi
    • Middle Low German: linde (probably borrowed from High German)
      • German Low German: linde
      • Plautdietsch: lind
      • → Old Danish: lind
  • Old Dutch: *lindi
    • Middle Dutch: linde
      • Dutch: lind (obsolete)
  • Old High German: lind, lindi
    • Middle High German: lint, linde
      • German: lind, linde
• Old Norse: linnr
  • Icelandic: linnur
  • ⇒ Old Norse: linnormr
    • Icelandic: linnormur
    • Norwegian: linnorm
    • Old Swedish: lindormber
      • Swedish: lindorm
    • Danish: lindorm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: linn
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*linþs)
  • →? Vulgar Latin: *lindus
    • Old Spanish: lindo
      • Spanish: lindo
    • Portuguese: lindo

Noun

*linþaz m

2. serpent; snake

   Synonyms: *agiz, *nadraz, *nadrǭ, *slangô, *wurmiz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *linþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*linþaz	*linþōz, *linþōs
vocative	*linþ	*linþōz, *linþōs
accusative	*linþą	*linþanz
genitive	*linþas, *linþis	*linþǫ̂
dative	*linþai	*linþamaz
instrumental	*linþō	*linþamiz

Derived terms

• *linþawurmiz

Descendants

• Old High German: lind
  • Middle High German: lint
• Old Norse: linnr, linni
  • Icelandic: linnur