Where does “liina” come from?

liina (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic liina, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

liina (Finnish): cloth; line; linen

Definitions

  1. cloth; line; linen

Ancestry of “liina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicliinaflax
2Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “liina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līną →Every word from Proto-Finnic liina →