Where does “līnsǣd” come from?

līnsǣd (Old English) comes from Old English līn, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

līnsǣd (Old English): seed of flax

Definitions

  1. seed of flax

Ancestry of “līnsǣd”, step by step

līnsǣd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English līn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīnflax, linen, cloth
2Proto-West Germanic*līnāline, chord, rope, string
3Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
4Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

via Old English sǣd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsǣdseed, that which is sown
2Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “līnsǣd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līną →Every word from Proto-Germanic līnǭ →