Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lundō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ln̥dʰ-(y)eh₂-, from *lendʰ- (“kidney, loin”).

The semantic shift from "kidney" > "mood" in North Germanic languages and metaphorical usage of a non-heart organ to indicate mood is observed cross-linguistically, compare White Hmong siab (“liver; mood”).

Noun

*lundō f

1. loin
2. kidney
3. fat

Inflection

Declension of *lundō (ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*lundō	*lundôz
vocative	*lundō	*lundôz
accusative	*lundǭ	*lundōz
genitive	*lundōz	*lundǫ̂
dative	*lundōi	*lundōmaz
instrumental	*lundō	*lundōmiz

Related terms

• *landį̄ f
• *lundiją n
• *lundijō
  • Proto-West Germanic: *lundiju
    • Old English: lynd f
      • ⇒ Old English: ġelynd f
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: lenden f

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lundu
  • Old High German: lunta, lunda
  • ⇒ Old High German: luntussa
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *lundulagō m
    • Old English: lundlaga m
      • Middle English: lundlawe
    • Old Frisian: lundlaga, lunglaga m
• Old Norse: lund f
  • Icelandic: lund f (“mood”)
  • Faroese: lund f (“disposition, temper", in the plural, "loin”)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lund f (“hip”)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: lundi m
  • ⇒ Old Norse: lundr (“minded”, adjective)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: lunderni n (“temperment”)