Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/len-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Root

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*len-[1][2]

  1. soft

Derived terms

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  • *len-tos
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lentas
    • Proto-Germanic: *linþaz (“flexible, soft”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *lentos
      • Latin: lentus (“pliant, flexible; slow”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Germanic: *linwaz (“soft, mild, gentle”)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lentus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*linþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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