Where does “lyncha” come from?

lyncha (Swedish) comes 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.

lyncha (Swedish): to lynch

Definitions

  1. to lynch

Ancestry of “lyncha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLynchA placename
2Old Englishhlinchill, rising ground, slope; a bank separating...
3Proto-West Germanichlink
4Proto-Germanichlinkaz
5Proto-Indo-Europeankleng-to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist

Words derived from “lyncha

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleng-
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