len
Polish
noun
Definitions
- flax (any member of the genus Linum)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ derived from Proto-Indo-European *lino-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lino-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- len Hungarian
- *lino- Proto-Indo-European
- lenek Polish
- lnica Polish
- *lьnъ Proto-Slavic
- len Czech
- lan Serbo-Croatian
- лан Serbo-Croatian
- лен Macedonian
- льнъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- linas Lithuanian
- льнъ Old East Slavic
- lan Lower Sorbian
- lank Lower Sorbian
- *lína Proto-Balto-Slavic
- lina Livonian