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Where does “lana” come from?

lana (Old Spanish) comes from Latin lana, from Proto-Italic wlānā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “lana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlanawool; ablative singular of lāna; vocative...
2Proto-Italicwlānāwool
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “lana”

  • lana
  • lanudo
  • lanar
  • lana
  • delana
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →