Where does “linkje” come from?
linkje (Hungarian) 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.
Ancestry of “linkje”, step by step
| 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 |