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Where does “feedline” come from?

feedline (English) comes from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

feedline (English): Physical cabling that carries the radio signal to...

Definitions

  1. Physical cabling that carries the radio signal to...

Ancestry of “feedline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlineA path through two or more points ; a continuous...
2Middle Englishlinerope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,...
3Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
4Proto-West Germanic*līnā—
5Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
6Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax
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