Etymology Explorer
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Where does “lane” come from?
lane (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch lana, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.
Ancestry of “lane”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
lana
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2
Proto-Germanic
lanō
lane, passageway
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