Proto-Germanic

*linþaz

‘bendsome’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *linþaz.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, most familiar first.

• linden ← *lindīnaz ← *lindō
• lind ← *lindu ← *lindō
• lithe ← līþe ← *linþ(ī)
• liss ← lissen ← lissan ← líþe ← *linþ(ī)
• litheness ← lithnesse ← līþnes ← līþe ← *linþ(ī)

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *linþaz