Where does “linie” come from?
linie (Romanian) comes from Italian linea, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
linie (Romanian): line; rank
Ancestry of “linie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | linea | line; dash; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |