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Where does “lernen” come from?

lernen (Middle English) comes from Old English leornian, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn.

Ancestry of “lernen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishleornianto learn
2Proto-West Germanic*liʀnōn—

Words derived from “lernen”

  • learn
  • learner
  • unlearn
  • relearn
  • learnable
  • learnability
  • unlearnable
  • learnership
  • overlearn
  • mislearn
  • outlearn
  • unlearnability
  • e-learner
  • belearn
  • forelearn
  • learnling
  • forelearning
  • relearner
  • must-learn
  • unlearnably
  • lernen
  • kennen lernen
  • Lerntherapie
  • Erlernung
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