Where does “linken” come from?
linken (German) comes from Hungarian link, from Yiddish לינק, from German link, from English link, from Latin linchinus, from Latin lynchinus, from Ancient Greek λύχνος, from Proto-Indo-European luk-s-nos — bright; to shine; to see.
linken (German): to deceive
Definitions
- to deceive
Ancestry of “linken”, step by step
linken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian link
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | link | link, hyperlink; flighty, fickle, fishy, shifty,... |
| 2 | Yiddish | לינק | left; sinister, wrong |
| 3 | German | link | left; sly; cunning; dangerous |
| 4 | English | link | A connection between places, people, events,... |
| 5 | Latin | linchinus | candle |
| 6 | Latin | lynchinus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λύχνος | lamp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | luk-s-nos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Dutch link
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | link | dangerous; sly; cunning; jolly, nice |