Proto-West Germanic

*līnā

‘line, chord, rope, string’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *līnā.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, most familiar first.

• line
• lin
• linseed ← līnsǣd ← līn

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *līnā