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. 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)
    • Belarusian: лён (ljon)
    • Russian: лён (ljon)
    • Ukrainian: льон (lʹon), лен (len)
• 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
    • 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]‎^[2] (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]‎^[3] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 17