Where does “līne” come from?

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

līne (Old English): line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...

Definitions

  1. line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...

Ancestry of “līne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “līne”

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