lendenu

lendenu
n pl loins

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  • lendh-2 —     lendh 2     English meaning: hip; kidney     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Lende; Niere”     Material: Lat. lumbus, older only pl. lumbī “ loins” (*londhu̯o ); O.C.S. lędvьję pl. f. “lumbi”, Russ. ljádveja “Lende, Schenkel”, Cz. ledvi n. “Lende”,… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • loin — noun Etymology: Middle English loyne, from Anglo French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from Latin lumbus; akin to Old English lendenu loins, Old Church Slavic lędviję Date: 14th century 1. a. the part of a human being or quadruped on each… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Lende — Sf std. (8. Jh.), mhd. lende, lente, ahd. lentī(n) u.ä., as. lendin Stammwort. Aus g. * landī/jō f. Lende, Niere , auch in anord. lend, ae. lendenu Pl., afr. lenden. Außergermanisch vergleicht sich mit entsprechender Ablautstufe l. lumbus m. (aus …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • loin — (n.) early 14c., side of the body of an animal used for food, from O.Fr. loigne hip, haunch, lumbar region, from V.L. *lumbea, from *lumbea caro meat of the loin, from fem. of *lumbeus, adjective used as a noun, from L. lumbus loin (see LUMBAGO… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lumbago — 1690s, from L.L. lumbago weakness of loins and lower back, from L. lumbus loin (usually plural), from PIE *lendh loin (Cf. O.C.S. ledvije (pl.) loins; soul, Rus. ljadveja loin; O.E. lendenu loins, Ger. Lende loin, Lenden …   Etymology dictionary

  • lende — sb. == the loins. RG. 377. AS. lendenu …   Oldest English Words

  • Lende — Lende: Mhd. lende »Lende«, ahd. lentī »Niere«, Plural »Nieren, Lende«, niederl. lende »Lende«, aengl. lendenu (Plural) »Nieren, Lende«, schwed. länd »Lende« stehen im Ablaut zu der germ. Sippe von ahd. lunda »Nierenfett, Talg« und sind verwandt… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • lumbar — [lum′bär΄, lum′bər] adj. [ModL lumbaris < L lumbus, loin < IE * londhwos < base * lendh > OE lendenu, loins] of or near the loins; specif., designating or of the vertebrae, nerves, arteries, etc. in the part of the back just below the …   English World dictionary

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