Etymograph

English

Linne

Linne comes from German Linde ‘lime tree’, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu ‘linden’, 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. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lindu‘linden’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050linta‘linden tree’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350linde
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentLinde‘lime tree’
  8. German, derivedc. 1650–presentLinnevariant of Linde
  9. Englishtodaysame form

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. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lindu‘linden’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050linta‘linden tree’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350linde
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentLinde‘lime tree’
  8. German, derivedc. 1650–presentLinnevariant of Linde
  9. Englishtodaysame form

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 A surname.

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

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

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