Where does “lenctentima” come from?

lenctentima (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.

lenctentima (Old English): spring, springtime

Definitions

  1. spring, springtime

Ancestry of “lenctentima”, step by step

lenctentima 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 tīma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtīmatime, period, space of time, season, lifetime,...
2Proto-Germanictīmôtime
3Proto-Indo-Europeantī-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandī-time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-i-to divide, cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →
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