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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьnъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *línum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian linaĩ pl, Latvian lini pl, Old Prussian linno.

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek λίνον (línon, flax), Latin līnum (flax, linen), Old Irish lín (flax, linen, cloth), Proto-Germanic *līną (flax, linen).

Noun

*lь̀nъ or *lь̏nъ m [1][2][3]

  1. flax

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: льнъ (lĭnŭ), ленъ (lenŭ)
      • Belarusian: лён (ljon)
      • Russian: лён (ljon)
      • Ukrainian: лен (len), льон (lʹon)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: льнъ (lĭnŭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: лен (len)
    • Macedonian: лен (len)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ла̏н
      Latin: lȁn
    • Slovene: lȃn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: len
    • Polabian: ĺån
    • Polish: len
    • Slovak: ľan
    • Slovincian: len
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: len
      • Lower Sorbian: lan

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), лен”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), лен”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 475
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1990), *lьnъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 17, Moscow: Nauka, page 87
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), Proto-Slavic/lьnъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 66
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), Proto-Slavic/lьnъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 17

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lь̀nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298: “m. o (b) ‘flax’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), lьnъ lьna”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (NA 109, 141); c (SA 21, 139; PR 137) flax”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), lȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*lь̏nъ”
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