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Where does “Lende” come from?

Lende (German) comes from Middle High German lente, from Old High German lentī, from Proto-Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

Lende (German): loin

Definitions

  1. loin

Ancestry of “Lende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlente—
2Old High Germanlentī—
3Proto-Germanic*land—
4Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →