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Linne
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linne
English
Etymology
Various origins:
Borrowed from en de Linne, a variant of de Linde lime tree.
Borrowed from en sv Linné; compare en Linnaeus.
Borrowed from en fr Linné.
Proper noun
s
en.
Derived terms
en Linnean
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Linne is the 36525th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 612 individuals. Linne is most common among White (94.93%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en eilnn linen Lenin Linen
en surnames from French surnames from German surnames from Swedish
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as linne in 943. Of nl 1 etymology. Older hypotheses compare the toponym to cel-pro *lindom water and attempt to draw a link to an ancient hydronym. Comparisons have also been drawn to fr Ligny. More recent hypotheses attempt to derive the toponym from a hydronym derived from ine-pro *ledh shining, protruding or from the name of a tree (cf. ang hlyn maple?).
Compare nl Lienden, nl Lijnden, nl Linden and nl Linschoten.
See also li Lin.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈlɪ.nə/
nl Lin ne
nl ɪnə 2
nl linnen
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Maasgouw p/Limburg c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Linnenaar
nl Linnens
References