Etymology Explorer › Latin

Where does “lāna” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lāna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
2Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →