Linse

Senso (Inglese)

1. (feminine) lens
2. (feminine) lentil

Concetti

lenticchia

lente

lenticchie

lens

Lens

lentille

cristallino

obiettivo

sinonimi

Objektiv

Linsensystem

Okular

Brennglas

Linsen

Brillenglas

Kristallinse

Erve

Augenglas

Kristallin

Augenlinse

Bohne

Erbse

Traduzioni

lentille

lens

lenteja

lentil

lentilha

linze

mercimek

lente

φακή

lente

φακός

lens

عدس

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlɪnzə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: linse

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: linsa

Affine latino: lēns

Affine lituano: lęšis

Affine slavo ecclesiastico: лѧща

In summary

From Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.
Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща (lęšta) 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 semantic loan from Latin lēns (“lentil; lens”).