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Where does “linija” come from?

linija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

linija (Serbo-Croatian): line; file

Definitions

  1. line; file

Ancestry of “linija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnea—
2Latinlīnum—
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linija”

  • tvrdolinijaš
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →