linze

Etymology
From, , 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.

Noun

 * , legume
 * , the seed of pulse