Where does “Линукс” come from?

Линукс (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English Linux, from English Linus, from Latin Linus, from Ancient Greek Λῖνος, from Ancient Greek λίνον, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Линукс (Serbo-Croatian): Linux

Definitions

  1. Linux

Ancestry of “Линукс”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLinuxThe Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991
2EnglishLinusA town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium
3LatinLinus—
4Ancient GreekΛῖνος—
5Ancient Greekλίνονflax; anything made of flax
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Ancient Greek λίνον →Every word from Ancient Greek Λῖνος →