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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/linþ(ī)
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *linþaz.
Adjective
*linþ(ī)[1]
- gentle
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþ | *linþu | *linþ |
| Accusative | *linþanā | *linþā | *linþ |
| Genitive | *linþas | *linþeʀā | *linþas |
| Dative | *linþumē | *linþeʀē | *linþumē |
| Instrumental | *linþu | *linþeʀu | *linþu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþē | *linþō | *linþu |
| Accusative | *linþā | *linþā | *linþu |
| Genitive | *linþeʀō | *linþeʀō | *linþeʀō |
| Dative | *linþēm | *linþēm | *linþēm |
| Instrumental | *linþēm | *linþēm | *linþēm |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþī | *linþiju | *linþī |
| Accusative | *linþijanā | *linþijā | *linþī |
| Genitive | *linþijas | *linþijeʀā | *linþijas |
| Dative | *linþijumē | *linþijeʀē | *linþijumē |
| Instrumental | *linþiju | *linþijeʀu | *linþiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *linþijē | *linþijō | *linþiju |
| Accusative | *linþijā | *linþijā | *linþiju |
| Genitive | *linþijeʀō | *linþijeʀō | *linþijeʀō |
| Dative | *linþijēm | *linþijēm | *linþijēm |
| Instrumental | *linþijēm | *linþijēm | *linþijēm |
Descendants
- Old English: līþe
- Middle English: lithe, lythe
- English: lithe
- Scots: lythe, lyth
- Middle English: lithe, lythe
- Old Frisian: *līthe
- Saterland Frisian: lied
- Old Saxon: līthi
- Middle Low German: linde (possibly borrowed from High German)
- German Low German: linde
- Plautdietsch: lind
- → Old Danish: lind
- Middle Low German: linde (possibly borrowed from High German)
- Old High German: lind, lindi
- Middle High German: lint, linde
- German: lind, linde
- Middle High German: lint, linde
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *linþī”