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Where does “len” come from?

len (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Slavic lьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lína, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

len (Hungarian): flax

Definitions

  1. flax

Ancestry of “len”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclьnъflax
2Proto-Balto-Slaviclína—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “len”

  • lennél
  • lenvászon
  • lent
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