Where does “lín” come from?

lín (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

Ancestry of “lín”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lín”

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