Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/linъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative forms

• *linь

Etymology

See *linь for details.

Noun

*linъ m

1. tench

Declension

Declension of *linъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*linъ	*lina	*lini
genitive	*lina	*linu	*linъ
dative	*linu	*linoma	*linomъ
accusative	*linъ	*lina	*liny
instrumental	*linъmь, *linomь*	*linoma	*liny
locative	*lině	*linu	*liněxъ
vocative	*line	*lina	*lini

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *liňь
• *linъkъ
• *liňevъ / *linovъ
• *liňakъ
• *linьcь
• *linьkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: линъ (lin)
    • Belarusian: лин (lin); лін (lin) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: лин (lyn)
  • Russian: лин (lin) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ли̏н

    Latin script: lȉn

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: lin
    • Polish: lin; ľin (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: lin
    • Upper Sorbian: lin

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*linъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 112