Words that come from Proto-Germanic lindō

168 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic lindō — including lime, limestone, Lindsay, Lindsey, Lind, Linnaeus, lint, limelight.

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English (77)

Swedish (18)

Finnish (12)

Middle English (6)

German (6)

Old English (5)

Danish (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Dutch (2)

Icelandic (2)

Translingual (2)

Middle High German (2)

Esperanto (2)

Russian (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Cebuano (1)

Chinese (1)

Korean (1)

Karelian (1)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Italian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Javanese (1)

Bislama (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Tongan (1)

Marshallese (1)

Mwotlap (1)

Cornish (1)

Faroese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Tagalog (1)

Yiddish (1)

Hindi (1)

Georgian (1)

Japanese (1)