Where does “linja” come from?
linja (Maltese) comes from Sicilian ligna, from Latin ligna, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
linja (Maltese): line
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Ancestry of “linja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | ligna | firewood |
| 2 | Latin | ligna | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lignum |
| 3 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 4 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |