Where does “lьnъ” come from?

lьnъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic lína, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lьnъ (Proto-Slavic): flax

Definitions

  1. flax

Ancestry of “lьnъ”, step by step

lьnъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lína

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclína—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Proto-Indo-European līno-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “lьnъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lína →