Where does “Lynch” come from?

Lynch (English) comes from Old English hlinc, from Proto-West Germanic hlink, from Proto-Germanic hlinkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kleng- — to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist.

Lynch (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Lynch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhlinchill, rising ground, slope; a bank separating...
2Proto-West Germanichlink—
3Proto-Germanichlinkaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankleng-to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist

Words derived from “Lynch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleng- →