Where does “lynchen” come from?

lynchen (German) 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.

lynchen (German): to lynch, to kill someone

Definitions

  1. to lynch, to kill someone

Ancestry of “lynchen”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleng- →
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