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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *līną.
Noun
*līn n
- flax
- Synonyms: *flahs, *haʀu
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *līn | |
Genitive | *līnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *līn | *līnu |
Accusative | *līn | *līnu |
Genitive | *līnas | *līnō |
Dative | *līnē | *līnum |
Instrumental | *līnu | *līnum |
Derived terms
- *līnīn
Descendants
- Old English: līn
- Middle English: lin, line
- English: line
- Scots: line, lyne
- Middle English: lin, line
- Old Frisian: līn
- Saterland Frisian: Lien
- West Frisian: lyn
- Old Saxon: līn
- Middle Low German: lîn
- German Low German: Lien
- Middle Low German: lîn
- Old Dutch: *līn
- Middle Dutch: lijn
- Dutch: lijn
- Middle Dutch: lijn
- Old High German: līn
- Middle High German: līn
- German: Lein
- Vilamovian: łȧjn
- Middle High German: līn