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Where does “lentī” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lentī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*land—
2Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

Words derived from “lentī”

  • Lende
  • lente
  • lende
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →