Where does “lin” come from?

lin (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *llin, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Ancestry of “lin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*llinflax
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom