Where does “lien” come from?

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

lien (Latin): spleen

Definitions

  1. spleen

Ancestry of “lien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italiclixēn-—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)liǵʰ—

Words derived from “lien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)liǵʰ →Every word from Proto-Italic lixēn- →
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