Etymograph

English

lind

Lind comes from Old English lind ‘lime, linden’, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz ‘bendsome’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lént-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*linþaz‘bendsome’by way of Proto-Germanic *līnǭreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lindō‘linden tree, the tree which gives weaving fibre material (bast)’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lindu‘linden’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lind‘lime, linden’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1828same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lént-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*linþaz‘bendsome’by way of Proto-Germanic *līnǭreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lindō‘linden tree, the tree which gives weaving fibre material (bast)’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lindu‘linden’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lind‘lime, linden’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1828same form

Earliest quotation: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “And 'twere better for thee in the hill to…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *linþaz ‘bendsome’

lithe, liss, 2 more

through Old English lind ‘lime, linden’

lime

Today it means

noun The lime tree, or linden tree.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s / lind

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