Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьnъ

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*lь̀nъ or *lь̏nъ m[1][2][3]

  1. flax

Inflection

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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

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Derived terms

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: льнъ (lĭnŭ), ленъ (lenŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лен”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лен”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 475
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (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[2] (in Russian), volume 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[3] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 17

References

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  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[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 109, 141); c (SA 21, 139; PR 137) flax”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “lȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*lь̏nъ”
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