• Eurasia
  • Classical Greek → Latin
    • lýnx, lynkós → lynx
  • Latin → Middle English
    • lynx → lenx, linx, lynce, lince, lynx
  • Middle English → Irish
    • lenx, linx, lynce, lince, lynx → lincse
  • Old Irish → Irish
    • eitre, eitreach, etarche, etrige → eitre
  • Proto-Celtic → Old Irish
    • *enter-frikyā → eitre, eitreach, etarche, etrige
    • *gyemo- → gam, gem, gaim
  • Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic
    • *prkeh₂- → *enter-frikyā
    • *ǵhyem- → *gyemo-