Where does “lenzen” come from?

lenzen (German) comes from Dutch lens, from Latin lēns — lentil.

lenzen (German): to become spring

Definitions

  1. to become spring

Ancestry of “lenzen”, step by step

lenzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlensoptical lens; crystalline lens in the eye; A type...
2Latinlēnslentil

via German faulenzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfaulenzento laze

Words derived from “lenzen”

Every word from Latin lēns →Every word from Dutch lens →
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