Etymology Explorer › Proto-Indo-European

Where does “lendʰwos” come from?

lendʰwos (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

Ancestry of “lendʰwos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

Words derived from “lendʰwos”

  • lumbar
  • loin
  • thoracolumbar
  • tenderloin
  • loincloth
  • lumbago
  • iliolumbar
  • paralumbar
  • umbles
  • sublumbar
  • sacrolumbar
  • lumbarization
  • loinclothed
  • postlumbar
  • numbles
  • prelumbar
  • loineye
  • striploin
  • ventriculolumbar
  • nonlumbar
  • cervicothoracolumbar
  • loinskin
  • elumbated
  • lumbulus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →