Where does “līnum” come from?

līnum (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

līnum (Latin): flax

Definitions

  1. flax

Ancestry of “līnum”, step by step

līnum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic līnom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italiclīnom—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Proto-Indo-European līno-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “līnum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →