- λῆνος
- λῆνος, -ουςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `wool, fillet, fleece' (A. Eu. 44, A. R. 4, 173, 177).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1139] *hulh₁-nā `wool'.Etymology: Except for the ending (after εἶρος, πέκος?, s. Walde Stand u. Aufgaben 156) old inherited word for `wool', which is preserved in several languages: Lat. lāna, Balt., e.g. Lith. vìlna, Slav., e.g. Russ. vólna, Gerrn., e.g. Goth. wulla, Av. varǝnā, Skt. ū́rṇā, all forms, that can go back on IE *hu̯lh₁nā (cf. Schwyzer 360 f.); deviating are only Celtic forms like Welh gwlan (IE *u̯lǝnā?). The word belongs prob. as verbal noun in -nā ("pluck out, the plucked out wool") to a verb for `tear, pluck', which is retained in Lat. vellō `pluck' (not to ἁλίσκομαι); here also Lat. vellus n. `shaved wool' (IE *(?)u̯él-nos), Arm. geɫmn `id.' (IE *u̯él-mn?). Further Hitt. h̯ulana-, Luw. *h̯ulani- `wool', from *h₂ulh₁n-? In greek first the laryngeal must have disappeared, after which we had *u̯l̥h₁-n-. Details in WP. 1, 296f., Pok. 1139, W.-Hofmann s. lāna and vellus, Vasmer Wb. s. vólna.Page in Frisk: 2,117-118
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.