Where does “Liina” come from?

Liina (Finnish) comes from Finnish Karoliina, from Latin Carolīna, from Latin Carolus, from Middle High German Karl, from Old High German karl, from Proto-Germanic karilaz, from Proto-Germanic karaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Liina (Finnish): cloth piece of garment used on furniture, for cleaning, etc

Definitions

  1. cloth piece of garment used on furniture, for cleaning, etc

Ancestry of “Liina”, step by step

Liina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Karoliina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaroliina—
2LatinCarolīna—
3LatinCarolusCharles
4Middle High GermanKarl—
5Old High Germankarlman
6Proto-Germanickarilazfree man, franklin; little man, young man
7Proto-Germanickaraz—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Finnish Pauliina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPauliina—
2LatinPaulina—
3LatinPaulinusa Roman cognomen
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “Liina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic karaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic karilaz →