Linse

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Linse is the 38801st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 569 individuals. Linse is most common among White (91.74%) individuals.

Etymology
From, from , likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform.

If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation of lentil was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

The sense ‘lens’ is a.

Noun

 * 1)  lens
 * 2) lentil