Where does “lyne” come from?

lyne (Middle English) comes from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

lyne (Middle English): A plant of the genus "Linum", especially "Linum...

Definitions

  1. A plant of the genus "Linum", especially "Linum...

Ancestry of “lyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
2Proto-West Germanic*līnāline, chord, rope, string
3Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
4Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “lyne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līną →Every word from Proto-Germanic līnǭ →