Where does “Linn” come from?

Linn (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German linna, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Linn (Luxembourgish): line

Definitions

  1. line

Ancestry of “Linn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlinna—
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →