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Where does “lãnar” come from?

lãnar (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian lãnã, from Latin lāna, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

lãnar (Aromanian): wool merchant; wool worker

Definitions

  1. wool merchant; wool worker

Ancestry of “lãnar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianlãnãwool
2Latinlāna—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →