Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/linþ(ī)

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *linþaz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*linþ(ī)

1. gentle

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*linþ
Genitive	*linþas
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, *linþum	*linþēm, *linþum	*linþēm, *linþum
Instrumental	*linþēm, *linþum	*linþēm, *linþum	*linþēm, *linþum

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*linþī
Genitive	*linþijas
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, *linþijum	*linþijēm, *linþijum	*linþijēm, *linþijum
Instrumental	*linþijēm, *linþijum	*linþijēm, *linþijum	*linþijēm, *linþijum

Derived terms

• *linþijan

Descendants

• Old English: līþe
  • Middle English: lithe, lythe
    • English: lithe
    • Scots: lythe, lyth
• Old Frisian: *līthe
  • Saterland Frisian: lied
• Old Saxon: līthi
  • Middle Low German: linde (probably borrowed from High German)
    • German Low German: linde
    • Plautdietsch: lind
    • → Old Danish: lind
• Old Dutch: *lindi
  • Middle Dutch: linde
    • Dutch: lind (obsolete)
• Old High German: lind, lindi
  • Middle High German: lint, linde
    • German: lind, linde