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Where does “lyngwhitte” come from?

lyngwhitte (Middle English) comes from Old English līnetwige — linnet.

Ancestry of “lyngwhitte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīnetwigelinnet

Words derived from “lyngwhitte”

  • lintwhite
Every word from Old English līnetwige →