Lunden

See also: lunden

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lunden.

Proper noun

Lunden

  1. A municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Lunden n (proper noun, genitive Lundens or (optionally with an article) Lunden)

  1. Lunden (a municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Noun

Lunden

  1. dative plural of Lund

Middle English

Proper noun

Lunden

  1. Alternative form of London

Old English

Etymology

Together with Middle Welsh Llundein cannot be directly from Latin Londinium, which would yield Old English *Lynden via i-mutation. But both may continue Vulgar Latin *Lundeinju (Late British Latin) if the medial -i- of the original word was short.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlun.den/

Proper noun

Lunden f

  1. London

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: Lunden, London
  • Latin: Lundonia

References

  1. Peter Schrijver (2013) Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 54-57
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