Where does “lāne” come from?

lāne (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon lana, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

lāne (Middle Low German): alley

Definitions

  1. alley

Ancestry of “lāne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonlana—
2Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
3Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway

Words derived from “lāne”

Every word from Proto-Germanic lanō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lanu →Every word from Old Saxon lana →