Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līnǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.nɔ̃ː/

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

• Proto-West Germanic: *līnā
  • Old English: līne
    • Middle English: line
      • Scots: line
      • English: line
  • Old Frisian: līne
    • North Frisian: liin
    • Saterland Frisian: Liene
    • West Frisian: line
  • Old Saxon: *līna
    • Middle Low German: lîne
      • German Low German: Lien
  • Old Dutch: *līna
    • Middle Dutch: line
      • Dutch: lijn, linnen
  • Old High German: līna
    • Middle High German: līne
      • German: Leine
      • → Polish: lina
      • Luxembourgish: Léngt
• Old Norse: lína
  • Icelandic: lína
  • Faroese: lína
  • Norwegian Bokmål: line
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: line
  • Old Swedish: līna
    • Swedish: lina
  • Danish: line