Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līnā

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līnǭ.

Noun

*līnā f

1. line, chord, rope, string

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līnā
Genitive	*līnōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līnā	*līnōn
Accusative	*līnōn	*līnōn
Genitive	*līnōn	*līnōnō
Dative	*līnōn	*līnōm, *līnum
Instrumental	*līnōn	*līnōm, *līnum

Descendants

• Old English: līne
  • Middle English: line
    • Scots: line
    • English: line
• Old Frisian: līne
  • North Frisian: liin
  • Saterland Frisian: Liene
  • West Frisian: line
• Old Saxon: *līna
  • Middle Low German: lîne
    • German Low German: Lien
• Old Dutch: *līna
  • Middle Dutch: line
    • Dutch: lijn, linnen
• Old High German: līna
  • Middle High German: līne
    • German: Leine
    • → Polish: lina
    • Luxembourgish: Léngt