Where does “līn” come from?

līn (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

Ancestry of “līn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “līn”

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