Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liʀnōn

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

A fientive verb derived from Proto-Germanic *lizaną.

Verb

*liʀnōn[1]

  1. to learn

Inflection

Unknown.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: leornian, liornian, leornan
    • Middle English: lernen
  • Old Frisian: lernia, lirnia; lerna, lirna
  • Old Saxon: *lernōn, līnōn
  • Old Dutch: lernon
  • Old High German: lernōn (rare)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*liznōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
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