Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līnǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

that which is made of flax
line, chord, rope, string

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

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: līne
  - German Low German: Lien
Old Dutch: *līna
- Middle Dutch: līne
  - Dutch: lijn, linnen
Old High German: līna
- Middle High German: līne
  - German: Leine
  - Luxembourgish: Léngt
Old Norse: lína
- Icelandic: lína
- Faroese: lína
- Norwegian: lina, line
- Old Swedish: līna
  - Swedish: lina
- Danish: line