linnet · noun1
- Old English · inherited fromlīnete
- Old French · derived fromlinette
- English todaylinnet
From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).
Linnet · proper noun2
From linnet (“a type of bird”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchlinette all →
lint
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.