Where does “lana” come from?

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

lana (Latin): wool

Definitions

  1. wool

Ancestry of “lana”, step by step

lana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
2Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Proto-Italic *wlāna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*wlāna—

Words derived from “lana”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →