Where does “linier” come from?

linier (Romanian) comes from Romanian linie, from Italian linea, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

linier (Romanian): ruler (instrument)

Definitions

  1. ruler (instrument)

Ancestry of “linier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlinieline; rank
2Italianlinealine; dash; third-person singular present...
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →