An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Leinwand

by Friedrich Kluge

Leinwand, f., is a ModHG. corruption of MidHG. lînwât, f., ‘linen,’ connecting it with HG. Gewand. The old wât (OHG. and MidHG.) has become obsolete in ModHG.; like AS. wœ̂d, ‘garment,’ it is allied to a lost Aryan root, wê, ‘to weave.’