Where does “lane” come from?
lane (Middle English) comes from Old English lane, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.
Ancestry of “lane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | lane | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | lanu | lane, passageway |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lanō | lane, passageway |
Words derived from “lane”