Where does “laan” come from?

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

laan (Gullah): to learn

Definitions

  1. to learn

Ancestry of “laan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlearnTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an...
2Middle EnglishlernenTo learn acquire knowledge
3Old Englishleornianto learn
4Proto-West Germanic*liʀnōnto learn
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn →Every word from Old English leornian →Every word from Middle English lernen →