Where does “nlani” come from?

nlani (Lower Tanana) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

nlani (Lower Tanana): meat, flesh

Definitions

  1. meat, flesh

Ancestry of “nlani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLạnh
2Frenchlinlinen; flax
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin līnum
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