Where does “links” come from?

links (Scots) comes from Old English hlinc, from Proto-West Germanic hlink, from Proto-Germanic hlinkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kleng- — to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist.

links (Scots): Dunes

Definitions

  1. Dunes

Ancestry of “links”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhlinchill, rising ground, slope; a bank separating...
2Proto-West Germanichlink
3Proto-Germanichlinkaz
4Proto-Indo-Europeankleng-to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist

Words derived from “links

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleng-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlinkazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hlink
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