Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līnǭ

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic льнъ (lĭnŭ, “flax”), Lithuanian linai, linas (“flax”), Latin līnum (“flax, thread, linen, cable”), Latin līnea (“linen, string, chord, thread”), Old Irish lín (“flax, linen, thread, net”), Ancient Greek λίνον (línon, “flax, linen, thread, garment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*līnǭ f

  1. (flaxen) line, chord, rope, string
    Synonyms: *raipaz, *sailą

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *līnǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *līnǭ *līnōniz
vocative *līnǭ *līnōniz
accusative *līnōnų *līnōnunz
genitive *līnōniz *līnōnǫ̂
dative *līnōni *līnōmaz
instrumental *līnōnē *līnōmiz

Descendants

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