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

Definitions

  1. line; rank

Ancestry of “linie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlinealine; dash; third-person singular present...
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin līnum
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