Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname.
Two main origins: * An English habitational surname from anyo of several minor places in England, from Old English līn (“flax”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). * A variant of Linehan, a surname of Irish origin.
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- Derivation mentionlīnang
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