Where does “lane” come from?

lane (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

lane (Old English): lane, narrow path

Definitions

  1. lane, narrow path

Ancestry of “lane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
2Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway

Words derived from “lane”

Every word from Proto-Germanic lanō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lanu →
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