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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.
Cognates include Latin līnum and all its derivatives.
Although Greek λίνον (línon), Lithuanian linas, Russian лён (ljon) are sometimes listed as cognates, they actually derive from *lino- with a short /i/.
Considering also the existence of a Latin root with a short /i/ and a /t/ (linteum), reconstruction of a common PIE protoform is impossible, and no similarly sounding terms are attested outside of Europe.
If such roots were borrowed from one or several non-IE languages, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was ubiquitous in the region since the Neolithic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.nɑ̃/
Derived terms
- *līnīnaz
Descendants
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “līnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 344
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