Where does “lins” come from?

lins (Romanian) comes from Romanian linge, from Latin lingō, from Latin lingere, from Latin lingo, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

lins (Romanian): past participle of linge- licked; sleek, smoothed

Definitions

  1. past participle of linge- licked; sleek, smoothed

Ancestry of “lins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlingeto lick
2Latinlingōto lick (up)
3Latinlingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinlingoI lick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →Every word from Latin lingere →