Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/langatīn

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/langatīn

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 *lang (“long”) +‎ *tīn (“day”) from Proto-Germanic *tīnaz, so named because the days become longer again in spring.

Noun

*langatīn m[1]

1. (seasons) spring

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*langatīn
Genitive	*langatīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*langatīn	*langatīnō, *langatīnōs
Accusative	*langatīn	*langatīnā
Genitive	*langatīnas	*langatīnō
Dative	*langatīnē	*langatīnum
Instrumental	*langatīnu	*langatīnum

Descendants

• Old English: lencten, lengten
  • Middle English: lenten, leinten, lentren, lente, leinte
    • English: Lent, Lenten
    • Scots: Lentrin, Lentern
• Old Saxon: lentin
  • Middle Low German: lenten, lente, linte
• Old Dutch: lentin
  • Middle Dutch: lentin, lenten
    • Dutch: lente
      • Afrikaans: lente
      • → Papiamentu: lènte, lente
• Old High German: lenzo, lengizin, lenzin, lenz
  • Middle High German: lenze
    • Alemannic German: Langssi, langsé
    • Bavarian: longas, lòngas, longast

      Cimbrian: langaz, langhes, långez; lentz

      Mòcheno: langes

    • German: Lenz

See also

Seasons in Proto-West Germanic · *jārastīdī (layout · text) · category
*langatīn (“spring”)	*sumar (“summer”)	*harbist (“autumn”)	*wintru (“winter”)

References

1. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Lenz”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “wg. *langa-tīn(a)-”