lend

lend · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leykʷ-“to leave, leave over”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*laihną“loan”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*laihnijaną“to loan”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*laihnijan
5. Old English · inherited fromlǣnan“to lend; give, grant, lease”
6. Middle English · inherited fromlenen
7. English todaylend

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.

lend · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lendʰ-“loin, kidney”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*landį̄“loin”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*landī
4. Old English · derived fromlenden“loin”
5. Old English · inherited fromlendenu
6. Middle English · inherited fromlende
7. English todaylend

From Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendino (“loins”), plural of Old English lenden (“loin”), from Proto-West Germanic *landī, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Danish lænd (“loin”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (whence loin), Polish lędźwie (“loins”), Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).

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