Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lindu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lindō.

Noun

*lindu f

1. linden

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lindu
Genitive	*lindā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lindu	*lindō
Accusative	*lindā	*lindā
Genitive	*lindā	*lindō
Dative	*lindē	*lindōm, *lindum
Instrumental	*lindu	*lindōm, *lindum

Derived terms

• *lindīn
• *lindubaum
  • Old Frisian: *lindebām
    • Saterland Frisian: Lindeboom
    • West Frisian: linebeam
  • Old Saxon: *lindabōm
    • Middle Low German:
      • German Low German: Lindboom, Linnboom, Linnenboom
  • Old Dutch: *lindaboum
    • Middle Dutch: lindeboom, lindenboom
      • Dutch: lindeboom
  • Old High German: *lintaboum
    • Middle High German: *lindenboum
      • German: Lindenbaum

Descendants

• Old English: lind
  • Middle English: lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn
    • English: lind, lime
    • Scots: lind, lynde, leind
• Old Saxon: linda, lindia
  • Middle Low German: linde
• Old Dutch: *linda
  • Middle Dutch: linde
    • Dutch: linde
• Old High German: linta
  • Middle High German: linde
    • Bavarian: Lindn
    • German: Linde
    • Luxembourgish: Lann