An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lende

by Friedrich Kluge

Lende, feminine, ‘loins,’ from the equivalent Middle High German lęnde, Old High German lęntin, feminine; corresponding to Dutch lende, Anglo-Saxon lęnden, feminine (in the plural lęndenu, masculine); Old Icelandic lend, Danish lynd, ‘loins’ (allied to Icelandic lundir, ‘sirloin, saddle of mutton’?); in Gothic perhaps *landini, feminine. In case the b of Latin lumbus, ‘loins,’ represented Aryan dh, or rather dhw (for Latin barba, representing bhardhâ, see Bart, and Latin ruber, representing Aryan rudhros, ἐρυθρός, see rot), High German Lende might be compared with it. The primary form lndhwî- is also indicated by Old Slovenian lędvija, feminine, ‘loins, kidney.’