lī̆ -no-

    lī̆ -no-

    English meaning: flax

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Lein”?

    Material: Lat. līnum “Flachs, flax”; O.Ir. līn “net”, Ir. lion “Flachs, net”, Welsh etc. llin “Flachs, flax” (from dem Lat.); abweichend Welsh lliain, Corn. Bret. lien “Leinen” (insecure basic form; s. Pedersen KG. II 103, Pokorny KZ. 45, 361 f.); Alb. li-ri, Gheg lį-ni m. “flax” (from dem Lat.); Goth. lein, O.N. O.E. O.H.G. līn “Flachs” (from dem Lat.). With ī: Gk. λίνον “flax”, Lith. lìnas “Flachsstengel”, pl. linaĩ “Flachs”, Ltv. lini pl., O.Pruss. linno “Flachs”, O.C.S. *lьnъ “Flachs, flax”, lьněnъ “leinen”.

    References: WP. II 440 f., WH. I 810 f., Trautmann 162.