Proto-Indo-European

*lendʰ-

‘to enter, penetrate, expand’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, most familiar first.

• land ← lond ← *landą
• island ← iland ← īeġland ← *auwjuland ← *awjōlandą
• lawn ← laund ← launde ← lande ← *landa
• lend ← lende ← lendenu ← lenden ← *landī
• lasagna ← *lasania ← lasanum ← λάσανον
• lumbar ← lumbāris ← lumbus
• outlandish ← outlandisch ← ūtlendisċ ← *ūtlandisk ← *ūtlandiskaz
• loma ← lomo ← lumbus
• loin ← loyne ← loigne ← *lumbea ← lumbus
• landless ← londlees ← landlēas ← land ← *land
• lomas ← loma ← lomo ← lumbus
• lande ← land ← *land ← *landą

More words from *lendʰ-

• lumbago
• laund
• elumbated
• ländler
• lumbus
• numbles
• spiritland

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-