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Where does “lána” come from?

lána (Irish) comes from Middle English lane, from Old English lane, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

lána (Irish): lane; nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive...

Definitions

  1. lane; nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive...

Ancestry of “lána”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlane—
2Old Englishlane—
3Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
4Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway

Words derived from “lána”

  • aerlána
  • buslána
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