Where does “lenctentid” come from?

lenctentid (Old English) comes from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic langatīn, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lenctentid (Old English): spring

Definitions

  1. spring

Ancestry of “lenctentid”, step by step

lenctentid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lencten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlenctenspring; Lent
2Proto-West Germaniclangatīnspring
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Old English tīd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtīdtime, period, season; period, season, time;...
2Proto-Germanictīdiztime; period, interval
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →