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

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
    - Afrikaans: laan