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Where does “lønn” come from?

lønn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hlynr, from Proto-Germanic hluniz — maple.

lønn (Norwegian Bokmål): a maple; salary, wage

Definitions

  1. a maple; salary, wage

Ancestry of “lønn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehlynrmaple
2Proto-Germanichlunizmaple

Words derived from “lønn”

  • lønnesirup
  • lønnsomhet
  • ulønnsom
  • lønnsom
  • finnerlønn
  • grunnlønn
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