Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līnǭ
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”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.nɔ̃ː/
Noun
*līnǭ f
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *līnǭ | *līnōniz |
| vocative | *līnǭ | *līnōniz |
| accusative | *līnōnų | *līnōnunz |
| genitive | *līnōniz | *līnōnǫ̂ |
| dative | *līnōni | *līnōmaz |
| instrumental | *līnōnē | *līnōmiz |