eldertongue

Old English · noun

lin

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/liːn/
Syllables
liːn (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. linen, flax

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

Descendants

lin

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