Where does “lerni” come from?

lerni (Esperanto) comes from English learn, from Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn — to learn.

lerni (Esperanto): to learn

Definitions

  1. to learn

Ancestry of “lerni”, step by step

lerni traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English learn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlearnTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an...
2Middle EnglishlernenTo learn acquire knowledge
3Old Englishleornianto learn
4Proto-West Germanic*liʀnōnto learn

via Yiddish לערנען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלערנעןto teach; to learn
2Middle High Germanlernen—
3Old High Germanlernēnto learn, study
4Proto-West Germanic*liʀnēn—

via German lernēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlernēn—

Words derived from “lerni”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn →Every word from Old English leornian →Every word from Middle English lernen →