Where does “Lienux” come from?
Lienux (English) comes from English lie, from Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe, from Proto-West Germanic *lugi, from Proto-Germanic lugiz, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.
Lienux (English): The Linux operating system
Definitions
- The Linux operating system
Ancestry of “Lienux”, step by step
Lienux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lie | To rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | lie | — |
| 3 | Old English | lyġe | lie, falsehood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lugi | false, lying |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lugiz | lie, falsehood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewgʰ- | to lie, to tell falsehood |
via English Linux
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Linux | The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 |
| 2 | English | Linus | A town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium |
| 3 | Latin | Linus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Λῖνος | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λίνον | flax; anything made of flax |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |