Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/len-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*len-[1][2]

soft

Derived terms

*len-tos
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lentas
  - Lithuanian: leñtas
- Proto-Germanic: *linþaz (“flexible, soft”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *lentos
  - Latin: lentus (“pliant, flexible; slow”)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Germanic: *linwaz (“soft, mild, gentle”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lentus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*linþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339

[De_vaan_1-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lentus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

[Kroonen_1-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*linþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339