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Where does “lína” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lína”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
2Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “lína”

  • lina
  • släplina
  • rattlina
  • tvinnlína
  • hliðarlína
  • markalína
  • samlínuleiki
  • línuleiki
  • línulega
  • samlína
  • ósamlína
  • ólínuleiki
  • laglína
  • lína
  • línuskauti
  • lína
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno- →