Where does “linen” come from?

Linen derives from Middle English lynnen, from Old English līnen, from Proto-Germanic līnīnaz, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno-, formed with the suffix Proto-Indo-European -no-.

linen (English): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber; Domestic...

Definitions

  1. Thread or cloth made from flax fiber; Domestic...

Ancestry of “linen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishlynnenMade of flax fibers; linen
2Old Englishlīnenlinen", "made of flax
3Proto-Germaniclīnīnazlinen, made of flax
4Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “linen”

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