Where does “lin” come from?

lin (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lin (Norwegian Bokmål): flax; linen

Definitions

  1. flax; linen

Ancestry of “lin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnumflax
2Proto-Italiclīnom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lin”

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