Where does “lynchee” come from?

lynchee (English) comes from English Lynch, 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.

lynchee (English): The victim of a lynching

Definitions

  1. The victim of a lynching

Ancestry of “lynchee”, step by step

lynchee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Lynch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLynchA placename
2Old Englishhlinchill, rising ground, slope; a bank separating...
3Proto-West Germanichlink—
4Proto-Germanichlinkaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankleng-to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleng- →
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