Where does “linchamiento” come from?

linchamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish linchar, 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.

linchamiento (Spanish): lynching

Definitions

  1. lynching

Ancestry of “linchamiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlincharto lynch
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-
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