lento-

    lento-

    English meaning: flexible

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegsam, nachgebend”

    Material: O.Ind. latü “Ranke, Liane” (*ln̥tü); Lat. lentus “pliable, tough; slow”; maybe Alb.Gheg landë , Alb.Tosk lëndë “(*flexible ) wood, timber, Material”, Alb. (*lentüre) lëndoj “hurt, bend” from the same root as Lat. lentüre “bend, make flexible”. Gaul. (?) lantüna ‘schlinggewächs”; compare Bolelli Ital. Dial. XVIII 182; Welsh “ smooth, gleaming” (*ln̥t-ro-), ablaut. Bret. lintr (*lent-ro-) ds., Corn. ter-lentry “gleam”, Welsh llethr f. ‘slope” (*lent-rü), M.Ir. leittir f. ds. (Brit. Lw.); against it Welsh llithr “Gleiten” from *slip-tro- to *(s)leib- above S. 663; O.E. līðe, O.S. līði “gelind, mild” (*lentii̯o-), Eng. lithe “pliable, ductile “, O.H.G. lind, lindi ‘soft, tender, nachgiebig”, Ger. lind, gelinde, nNor. linn “pliable, gelenk, gelinde”; E.Lith. leñtas ‘still, peaceful”; in addition probably the Gmc.-Slav. name the Linde (*lentü), because of ihres biegsamen Bastes; O.N. lind f. “Linde (also spear, javelin, shield from Lindenholz”), O.E. lind(e) f. ds., O.H.G. linta, lintea, linda ds., Ger. Linde, wherefore as “band, strap from Lindenbast” O.N. lindi m. “band, strap, belt, girdle”, M.L.G. lint n. “flaches band, strap” (out of it Lith. linta “Zierbaud”), O.N. lindi n. “Lindenholz”, Ger. dial. lind, lint n. “bast”; probably Lith. lentà “board” (“from Lindenholz?”); with o-grade Slav. *lǫtъ in Russ. dial. lut, lutь “Lindenbast”, Clr. ɫút”é n. “Lindenbast; Weidenzweige”, ɫut “Gerte, skin”; perhaps as “the sich Biegende, Windende” O.H.G. lind, lint (*lento-s), O.N. linnr, linni m. ‘snake”, poet. “tree, Feier”, linn-ormr “dragon” = O.H.G. lindwurm.

    References: WP. II 437 f., WH. I 784 f.