English

Lyneham

Lyneham comes from Middle English Lynham, and goes back to Old English *Līnhām.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of līn ‘flax’ + hām ‘estate’

Proto-Indo-European *līno- ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax, linen’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line, rope, flaxen cord, thread’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line, chord, rope, string’

Old English līn ‘flax’

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle, dwell’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to be lying down, to settle’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos ‘village, home’

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘estate’

Every English word from Old English *Līnhām

name A small village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2720).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.