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Linnaeus

Linnaeus comes from New Latin Linnaeus, from Swedish lind ‘linden tree, lime tree’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lént-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*linþaz‘bendsome’by way of Proto-Germanic *līnǭreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lindō‘linden tree, the tree which gives weaving fibre material (bast)’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350lind‘lime, linden (tree)’
  5. Old Swedishmodernsame form
  6. Swedishmodernsame form‘linden tree, lime tree’
  7. New Latinc. 1500–1900Linnaeus
  8. SwedishmodernLinnæus
  9. EnglishtodayLinnaeus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lént-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*linþaz‘bendsome’by way of Proto-Germanic *līnǭreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lindō‘linden tree, the tree which gives weaving fibre material (bast)’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350lind‘lime, linden (tree)’
  5. Old Swedishmodernsame form
  6. Swedishmodernsame form‘linden tree, lime tree’
  7. New Latinc. 1500–1900Linnaeus
  8. SwedishmodernLinnæus
  9. EnglishtodayLinnaeus

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *linþaz ‘bendsome’

lithe, liss, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *lindō ‘linden tree, the tree which gives weaving…’

linden, lind

Today it means

name Carl (or the latinized Carolus) Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné, Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy."

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s / Linnaeus

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