Linse
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Linse (plural Linses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Linse is the 38801st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 569 individuals. Linse is most common among White (91.74%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Linse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 443.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.
Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща (lęšta) sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform.
If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation of lentil was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.
The sense ‘lens’ is a semantic loan from Latin lēns (“lentil; lens”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Linse f (genitive Linse, plural Linsen)
Declension
Declension of Linse
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: linze
Further reading
- “Linse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Linse” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Linse” in Duden online
Linse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Linse f