Belinda
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Root
mudiwa
beloved, darling, the one who is loved and favoured
Belinda descends from PIE *dew-, matched by Shona mudiwa, the beloved
- Confidence
- 38/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- BelindaEnglish
The consensus position
Belinda is a late 17th century English literary name of uncertain origin, usually explained as Italian bella plus the decorative -inda ending; a Germanic -lind derivation is also proposed but poorly supported.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 9 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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