lind
Old English
noun
Definitions
- lime, linden
- (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *lindō (linden, linden tree) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (resilient, supple, bendsome, tree with supple branches).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lent-
Gloss
resilient, supple, bendsome, tree with supple branches
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lindon English
- lentous English
- lind English
- *allentāre Latin
- lente Latin
- lentipes Latin
- lentiscus Latin
- lentulus Latin
- lentus Latin
- Linde German
- Lindenbaum German
- lindgrün German
- lento Italian
- linde Dutch, Flemish
- lindeboom Dutch, Flemish
- луб Russian
- лубок Russian
- палуба Russian
- lento Spanish, Castilian
- κεδρελάτη Ancient Greek
- ἐλάτη Ancient Greek
- ἐλάτινος Ancient Greek
- *lent- Proto-Indo-European
- *lentos Proto-Indo-European
- lento Portuguese
- *lindīnaz Proto-Germanic
- *lindō Proto-Germanic
- *linþisjō Proto-Germanic
- Lindgren Swedish
- lind Swedish
- hæbbende Old English
- linden Old English
- lindhæbbend Old English
- lind Middle English
- linden Middle English
- lind Old Norse
- lind Danish
- lent Old French
- lent Catalan, Valencian
- lento Galician
- linde Middle Dutch
- linta Old High German
- lent Norman
- linde, linte Middle High German
- Erlis Albanian
- lis Albanian
- *linda Old Dutch
- lentu Asturian
- llentu Asturian
- лѣсъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- lent Friulian