Lin definition
Origin of lin
- From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up"), from Proto-Germanic *linnanÄ… (“to turn, move aside, avoid"), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from"). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest"), Swedish dialectal linna (“to pause, rest"), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest").
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- From Irish or Gaelic.
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