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Where does “lana” come from?

lana (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian lan, from Proto-Slavic lьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lína, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lana (Lower Sorbian): genitive singular of lan; nominative dual of lan;...

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of lan; nominative dual of lan;...

Ancestry of “lana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianlanflax
2Proto-Slaviclьnъflax
3Proto-Balto-Slaviclína—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →