linden · adjective, noun1
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*lindō“linden tree”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*lindīnaz
- Old English · inherited fromlinden“linden”
- Middle English · inherited fromlinden
- English todaylinden
From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.
Linden · proper noun2
* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen. * As an English surname, variant of Lindon. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.