Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lafendulā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Latin lavendula (“lavender”).

Noun

*lafendulā f

1. lavender

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lafendulā
Genitive	*lafendulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lafendulā	*lafendulōn
Accusative	*lafendulōn	*lafendulōn
Genitive	*lafendulōn	*lafendulōnō
Dative	*lafendulōn	*lafendulōm, *lafendulum
Instrumental	*lafendulōn	*lafendulōm, *lafendulum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: levindola
  • Middle Low German: lavendel, laffendel, lovendel, lofengel, levendel, lovengel
    • German Low German: Lewendel
    • → Danish: lavendel
    • → Swedish: lavendel
      • → Finnish: laventeli
• Old Dutch: *lavendula
  • Middle Dutch: lavendel, lavender (influenced by Old French)
    • Dutch: lavendel
      • → West Frisian: lavindel
• Old High German: lavendula, lafendula, lavendele, lafendele, lovengele, lofengele
  • Middle High German: lavendel, lavendele
    • German: Lavendel
      • → Bulgarian: лаванду́ла (lavandúla)
      • → Czech: levandule
      • → Hungarian: levendula
    • Luxembourgish: Lavendel