Where does “linčovati” come from?

linčovati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian linč, from English Lynch, 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.

linčovati (Serbo-Croatian): to lynch

Definitions

  1. to lynch

Ancestry of “linčovati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlinčlynching
2EnglishLynchA placename
3Old Englishhlinchill, rising ground, slope; a bank separating...
4Proto-West Germanichlink—
5Proto-Germanichlinkaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankleng-to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlinkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlink →
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