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Proto-Germanic: *xlunja-z; *xlini-z, *xlinō

Meaning: a tree (maple, lime)

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Old Norse: hlün-r m. `Ahorn'

Norwegian: lön

Swedish: lönn

Danish: lön

Old English: hlin `linden? lime?'; { hlyne `Ahorn' }

Middle English: lyn-tre `Tilia'

English: linn

Middle Low German: lönen-holt

Low German: löne, läne

Old High German: { līn-boum }

Middle High German: lëne st. f. 'lehne'; line, lin st./wk. f. 'lehne'

German: { Lehne, Lenne }

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Proto-IE: *kel-, *klen-, *klew-

Meaning: maple

Slavic: *klenъ, *klьnъ

Baltic: *kleu-w-a- c., *kleu-w-ā̂ f.

Germanic: *xlun-ja- m.; *xlin-i- c., -ō f.

Celtic: Cymr kelyn, OCorn kelin `Stechpalme'

Russ. meaning: дерево (клен)

References: WP I 498

Comments: Maked κλινότροχον (Theophr.)

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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: клён,

Near etymology: род. п. клёна, укр. клен, клень, болг. клен, сербохорв. кле̏н, род. п. клѐна, а также кље̏н, род. п. кљѐна и ку̑н (из *кльнъ), словен. klèn, род. п. kléna, чеш., слвц. klen, польск. klon, в.-луж. klon, н.-луж. klón.

Further etymology: Родственно макед. κλινότροχον (Феофраст; см. Г. Майер, IF 1, 325), др.-исл. hlynr, кимр. kelyn, др.-корн. kelin, далее лит. klẽvas "клен"; см. Бернекер 1, 512; Траутман, ВSW 136; Торп 113; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. 1, 378; Шпехт 60.

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Proto-Baltic: *spung-iā̃ f.

Meaning: excrescence

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Lithuanian: spungē̃ 'Gewächs am Körper, kleiner Pickel, Punkt, kleines Fleckchen'

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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 976

Root: kleno-

English meaning: maple

German meaning: `Ahorn'

General comments: z. T. mit noch ungeklärtem i, ei

Material: Maked. κλινότροχον (s. G. Meyer IF. 1, 325 f.) `Ahornart', gr. γλει̃νον (Lw.);

mnd. lönenholt `Ahornholz'; ndd. löne, läne in pomm.-rüg. lön usw. `Ahorn' (*hluni-z; aus dem Nd. nhd. Lehne, Lenne `Spitzahorn') = aisl. hlynr (hlunr), dän. løn, schwed. lönn `Ahorn', ags. hlyn ds. (wohl besser als hlīn); daneben ahd. mhd. līn-, līm-boum, nhd.Leim-, Lein-baum, -ahorn;

lit. (mit ganz unklarem v) klẽvas `Ahorn';

russ. klënъ `Ahorn', serb. klȅn und kljȅn `Feldahorn', kūn (*klъnъ) `Art Baum' usw.

References: WP. I 498, Trautmann 136.

Pages: 603

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