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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lunis
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
- linchpin
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *lunis | |
Genitive | *lunisas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *lunis | *lunisō, *lunisōs |
Accusative | *lunis | *lunisā |
Genitive | *lunisas | *lunisō |
Dative | *lunisē | *lunisum |
Instrumental | *lunisu | *lunisum |
Related terms
- *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
- ⇒ Middle English: linspin, linpin, lynpinn
- Middle English: lins, lyns, lynce, lens
- Old Frisian: *lenis, *lens
- →? Middle Dutch: lense f (influenced by native Middle Dutch lunse f)
- Dutch: lens
- →? Middle Dutch: lense f (influenced by native Middle Dutch lunse f)
- Old Saxon: lunis
- Middle Low German: lüns
- German Low German: Lüns
- Middle Low German: lüns
- Old High German: lunis
- >? Middle High German: luner, lüner