Where does “lanh” come from?
lanh (Vietnamese) comes from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
Ancestry of “lanh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | lin | linen; flax |
| 2 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |