Etymograph

English

linnow

Linnow may come from West Midland Middle English lengh.

  1. West Midland Middle Englishmodernlenghuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1528linnow

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. West Midland Middle Englishmodernlenghuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1528linnow

Earliest quotation: 1528, Paynel: “Baynyngmaketh the skynne linnowe or soupulle.”

The story

Uncertain; perhaps from West Midland Middle English lengh, lenghe (‘length’), with vocalisation of final /x/ and the original meaning being "lengthy, slender", though some trace of both the formal and semantic development would be expected already in Middle English.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from West Midland Middle English lengh

Today it means

adj Flexible, supple.

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Etymograph / West Midland Middle English lengh / linnow

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