Where does “llin” come from?

llin (Middle Welsh) comes from Old Welsh lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llin, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Ancestry of “llin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Welshlin
2Proto-Brythonic*llinflax
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “llin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom