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Where does “vestlending” come from?

vestlending (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk vest, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

vestlending (Norwegian Nynorsk): a person from Western Norway

Definitions

  1. a person from Western Norway

Ancestry of “vestlending”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskvestwest; a waistcoat
2Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
3Latinlīnea—
4Latinlīnum—
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →