Where does “lynet” come from?

lynet (Middle English) comes from Old French linette, from Old French lin, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lynet (Middle English): lint; linen; flax or fabric made of it

Definitions

  1. lint; linen; flax or fabric made of it

Ancestry of “lynet”, step by step

lynet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French linette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlinettegrain of flax
2Old Frenchlinline
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Latin linteum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlinteumlinen cloth; bedsheet; sail
2Latinlinteuslinen
3Latinlinumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope,...

Words derived from “lynet”

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