Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lanu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lanō.

Noun

*lanu f

1. lane, passageway

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lanu
Genitive	*lanā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lanu	*lanō
Accusative	*lanā	*lanā
Genitive	*lanā	*lanō
Dative	*lanē	*lanōm, *lanum
Instrumental	*lanu	*lanōm, *lanum

Descendants

• Old English: lanu, lane, lone — weak
  • Middle English: lane, lone
    • English: lane (dialectal loan)
      • ⇒ English: lonnen, loanen, lonnin
      • → Middle Scots: lane
      • → Welsh: lôn
    • Scots: lone, loan
    • Yola: laane
    • → Irish: lána
• Old Frisian: lana, lona, lane, lone
  • Saterland Frisian: Lone
  • West Frisian: leane, loane
• Old Saxon: lana
  • Middle Low German: lāne, lahne, lahn, lone
    • German Low German: Lane, Laan
• Old Dutch: *lana
  • Middle Dutch: lāne
    • Dutch: laan