Where does “lien” come from?

lien (Indonesian) comes from Latin lien, from Proto-Italic lixēn-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)liǵʰ.

lien (Indonesian): spleen

Definitions

  1. spleen

Ancestry of “lien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlienspleen
2Proto-Italiclixēn-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)liǵʰ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)liǵʰ →Every word from Proto-Italic lixēn- →Every word from Latin lien →