Where does “link” come from?

link (Hungarian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

link (Hungarian): link, hyperlink; flighty, fickle, fishy, shifty,...

Definitions

  1. link, hyperlink; flighty, fickle, fishy, shifty,...

Ancestry of “link”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלינקleft; sinister, wrong
2Germanlinkleft; sly; cunning; dangerous
3EnglishlinkA connection between places, people, events,...
4Latinlinchinuscandle
5Latinlynchinus
6Ancient Greekλύχνοςlamp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanluk-s-nos
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

Words derived from “link

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk-