linza

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From German Linse either through Turkish or through Russian, from Middle High German linse (“lentil”), from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.

Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща (lęšta) sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform.

If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation of lentil was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Noun

linza

  1. lens

Declension
Declension of linza
nominative linza
genitive linzanıñ
dative linzağa
accusative linzanı
locative linzada
ablative linzadan

References
  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
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