Where does “lanu” come from?

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

lanu (Old English): lane, street

Definitions

  1. lane, street

Ancestry of “lanu”, step by step

lanu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic lanu

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

via West Germanic *lanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*lanu—

Words derived from “lanu”

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