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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьnъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *lína n, from Proto-Indo-European *línom (per Derksen, perhaps a non-Indo-European culture word). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian lìnas 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
Declension of *lь̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *lь̀nъ *lьnà *lьnì
genitive *lьnà *lьnù *lь̀nъ
dative *lьnù *lьnòma *lьnòmъ
accusative *lь̀nъ *lьnà *lьnỳ
instrumental *lьnъ̀mь, *lьnòmь* *lьnòma *lь̀ny
locative *lьně̀ *lьnù *lь̀něxъ
vocative *lьne *lьnà *lьnì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *lь̏nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lь̏nъ *lь̏na *lь̏ni
genitive *lь̏na *lьnù *lь̀nъ
dative *lь̏nu *lьnomà *lьnòmъ
accusative *lь̏nъ *lь̏na *lь̏ny
instrumental *lь̏nъmь, *lь̏nomь* *lьnomà *lьný
locative *lь̏ně *lьnù *lьně̃xъ
vocative *lьne *lь̏na *lь̏ni
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • *lьnarjь
  • *lьnica, *lьnikъ
  • *lьnina
  • *lьnistъ
  • *lьnišče
  • *lьnъkъ / *lьnъka
  • *lьnьcь
  • *lьnьnъ
  • *lьněnъ (“flaxen, linen”)
    • *lьněnъka
    • *lьněnica
    • *lьněnina
    • *lьněnišče
  • *lьnovъ
    • *lьnovišče
    • *lьnovьcь

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

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лен”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лен”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 475
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 87
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “льнъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 66
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “ленъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 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, →ISSN, 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 [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*lь̏nъ”
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