different between lind vs lindy

English

Etymology

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

lind (plural linds)

1. (obsolete) the lime tree, or linden tree

Albanian

Etymology

Nasal present of lej. From Proto-Albanian *(a)liienT-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to grow, feed”). Possibly, an original present participle. Compare Old English leodan, Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Old Norse loðenn (“to grow”), lind (“wellspring”).

Verb

lind (first-person singular past tense linda, participle lindur)

1. to give birth, bear (child)

Synonyms

• lej

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -end

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lind.

Adjective

lind

1. soft
2. thin

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind.

Noun

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonn?t, Mansi ???? (lunt) and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lind?/

Noun

lind (genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

Declension

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linde, from Old High German lind, lindi, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Compare English lithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/

Adjective

lind (comparative linder, superlative am lindesten or am lindsten)

1. (archaic, poetic) mild; gentle

Declension

Derived terms

• gelinde
• lindern

Related terms

• Lindwurm

Further reading

• “lind” in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Probably related to sense 2 (“linden tree”)

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Declension

Synonyms

• (spring): uppspretta, brunnur, vatnsrás

Derived terms

• auðlind (“natural resource”)
• gróðalind (“profit source”)
• olíulind (“oil source”)
• orkulind (“power source”)
• tekjulind (“source of income”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

Declension

Synonyms

• (linden): linditré

References

• The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. (1934). United States: Journal Publishing Company, p. 93

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Finnic *lentädäk. i may be by analogy to "bird".

Alternative forms

• (Courland) lindõ

Verb

lind

1. (Salaca) to fly

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Middle English

Noun

lind (plural lyndes)

1. Alternative form of lynde.

References

• “lind(e,, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f or m (definite singular linda or linden, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

References

• “lind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f (definite singular linda, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

References

• “lind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lindu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lind/

Noun

lind f (nominative plural linde)

1. lime, linden
2. (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)

Derived terms

• lindhæbbend

Descendants

• Middle English: lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn
  • English: lind
  • Scots: lind, lynde, leind

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f

1. lime, linden (tree)
2. (poetic) linden shield, spear-shaft (weaponry or gear made from lime)

Declension

Descendants

References

• lind in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Plautdietsch

Adjective

lind

1. mild, soft
2. lenient

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lind

Pronunciation

Noun

lind c

1. linden tree

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Inflection

Derived terms

• kagrlind
• kegonpaniilind
• kodalind
• käbulind
• pihl'lind
• rugižlind
• toroklind
• tähklind
• vagolind
• vilulind
• lindunpoigaine

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.

Noun

lindy (plural lindys or lindies)

1. A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Tlahuica

Noun

lindy

1. hummingbird

References

• Elpidia Reynoso González, Vocabulario Español-Tlahuica (1998)