See also: vilnā, viļņa, Vilna, and Viļņa

Latvian edit

Etymology 1 edit

See vilns

Noun edit

vilna m

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular of vilns
 vilna on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Aitas vilna (1)
 
Vilnas dzija (2)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian vìlna, Old Prussian wilna, wilnis (skirt [< made of wool]), Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna), Russian dialectal во́лна (vólna, wool, woolen fabric), Belarusian во́ўна (vóŭna), Ukrainian во́вна (vóvna), Bulgarian въ́лна (vǎ́lna), Czech vlna, Slovak vlna, Polish wełna, Proto-Germanic *wullō (Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Old High German wolla, German Wolle, English wool), Hittite ḫulana-, Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā) (from *ul̥), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos) (Doric λᾶνος (lânos), Latin lāna (Italian, Spanish lana, Romanian lână, Portuguese ).[1]

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Noun edit

vilna f (4th declension)

  1. wool (the hair of certain animals (especially sheep)
    aitas vilnasheep wool
    bieza, gara vilnathick, long wool
    cirpt vilnuto shear wool
    kārst vilnuto card wool
    vērpt vilnuto spin wool
  2. wool (something made of this animal hair: yarn, fabric, clothes)
    vilnas dzija, audumswool yarn, fabric
    vilnas cimdi, zeķes, segawool gloves, socks, blanket
    vilnas lakats, kleitawool scarf, dress
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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vilna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun edit

vìlna f (accent paradigm 1)

  1. wool

Declension edit

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