Likely from Middle Low German lîne, from Old Saxon *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).
Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.
If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.
liin (genitive liini, partitive liini)
| Declension of liin (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | liin | liinid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | liini | ||
| genitive | liinide | ||
| partitive | liini | liine liinisid | |
| illative | liini liinisse |
liinidesse liinesse | |
| inessive | liinis | liinides liines | |
| elative | liinist | liinidest liinest | |
| allative | liinile | liinidele liinele | |
| adessive | liinil | liinidel liinel | |
| ablative | liinilt | liinidelt liinelt | |
| translative | liiniks | liinideks liineks | |
| terminative | liinini | liinideni | |
| essive | liinina | liinidena | |
| abessive | liinita | liinideta | |
| comitative | liiniga | liinidega | |
liin m (genitive liinesko, nominative plural liine, genitive plural liinengo)
From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).
liin ?
From Proto-Finnic *litna.
liin (genitive liina, partitive liina)
This noun needs an inflection-table template.