Change viewing parameters
Select another database

Germanic etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Germanic: *lindiō, *lundiō(n)
Meaning: spring, pool, wave
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: lind f. `Quelle'
Old Frisian: lind `Teich'
Middle High German: lünde, lunde st./wk. f. 'welle'
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-onord,germet-ofris,germet-mhg,

Search within this database


Indo-European etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-IE: *lendh-
Meaning: reservoir
Germanic: *lind-iō f., *lund-iō(n-) f.
Celtic: Gaul Lindi-macus (Flussname); OIr lind, gen. linde `Wasser, Teich, See', Ir lionn, gen. leanna `ale', Cymr llyn `Trank; Teich', Corn lyn `Wasser', OBret Λίνδον ON, Bret lenn `Teich'
Russ. meaning: водоем
References: WP II 438
piet-meaning,piet-germ,piet-celt,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,

Search within this database


Pokorny's dictionary :

Search within this database
Number: 1162
Root: lendh-1
English meaning: liquid, spring
German meaning: `Naß, Quelle'
General comments: nur kelt. und germ.; oder als li-n-dh- zu lē̆i-4?
Material: Air. lind (u-Stamm) n. `Flüssigkeit, Trank', Gen. lenda, nir. lionn, Gen. leanna `ale', cymr. llyn `Trank', davon verschieden (s-Stamm) air. lind, Gen. linde f. `Wasser, Teich, See', cymr. llyn `Teich', acorn. len `Wasser', bret. lenn `Teich', abrit. Λίνδον ON, gall. Lindo-magus schweiz. Flußname `Limmat';

    aus dem Air. (?) stammt aisl. lind (poet.) `Quelle', aber vgl. as. Linda FlN. `Lenne', afries.lind `Teich'; ablaut. mhd. lünde f. `Welle'.

References: WP. I 438; Holthausen Altwestn. Wb. 182, 365.
Pages: 675
PIE database: PIE database
pokorny-root,pokorny-meaning,pokorny-ger_mean,pokorny-comments,pokorny-material,pokorny-ref,pokorny-pages,pokorny-piet,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
13131381716143
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov