Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laihną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*laihwną

Etymology

From earlier *laihwnam, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (raēxənah), Sanskrit रेक्णस् (rékṇas, “property, inheritance”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯x.nɑ̃/

Noun

*laihną n

that which is lent, loan
fief

Inflection

Declension of *laihną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laihną	*laihnō
vocative	*laihną	*laihnō
accusative	*laihną	*laihnō
genitive	laihnas, laihnis	*laihnǫ̂
dative	*laihnai	*laihnamaz
instrumental	*laihnō	*laihnamiz

Derived terms

Related terms

*līhwaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *laihn
- Old English: lǣn
  - Middle English: læn, leane
    - Scots: len
- Old Frisian: lēn
  - North Frisian: leen
  - West Frisian: lien
- Old Saxon: lēhan
  - Middle Low German: lehen, lên, leen, lehn, lein
    - → Old Norse: lén
      - Danish: len
      - Swedish: län
        → Finnish: lääni
      - Norwegian: len
- Old Dutch: *lēn
  - Middle Dutch: leen
    - Dutch: leen
      - Afrikaans: leen
- Old High German: lēhan
  - Middle High German: lēhen
    - German: Lehen
      - → Russian: лен (len)
    - → Old Czech: léno
      - → Polish: lenno
Old Norse: lán
- Icelandic: lán
- Faroese: lán
- Norwegian: lån
- Old Swedish: lān
  - Swedish: lån
- Old Danish: lān
  - Danish: lån
- → Middle English: lane, lone
  - Scots: lane, lain
  - English: loan
    - → Scots: loan
→ Proto-Finnic: *laihna (see there for further descendants)