Where does “lin” come from?

lin (Cornish) comes from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lin (Cornish): linen; Soft mutation of glin

Definitions

  1. linen; Soft mutation of glin

Ancestry of “lin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlīneaA linen thread
2Latinlīnumflax
3Proto-Italiclīnom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom