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Lind

//lɪnd// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The lime tree, or linden tree. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

* As an English, North German, Dutch, and North Germanic surname, from lind (“lime tree”). * As a South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective lind (“gentle”). * As a Yiddish surname, variant of Linde.

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