losna

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losna m (genitive singular losna, nominative plural losnaí)

1. (fishing) snood

   Synonyms: drogha, foirtéim, lusna, snúda

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “losna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. It is unusual for a sibilant [s] to be placed before [n], which has led the scholar Elia Lattes to suggest Etruscan origins. The linguist Brent Vine compares it to unusual clusters in other Italic languages, such as in Oscan nuvime or casnar. Alfred Ernout suggests this may have been a unique feature of the Praenestine dialect.

losna

1. (Old Latin, dialectal) Praenestine form of lūna
   • CIL 14.4095:

     Poloces / Losna / Amuces

     Pollux / Luna / Amycus

This term, in the context of the inscription it was found, may reference the moon goddess Lūna.

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Nancy Thomson de Grummond (2004) “For the Mother and for the Daughter: Some Thoughts on Dedications from Etruria and Praeneste”, in Hesperia Supplements‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 33, →ISSN, pages 351–370
• Hannelore Segers (2015) Reflecting on Mirrors: A Linguistic Analysis of Theonyms on Praenestine Hand Mirrors‎^[2] (in Latin), University of Ghent, page 52

• losne

From Old Norse losna.

• IPA^(key): /²lɔsnɑ/

losna (present tense losnar, past tense losna, past participle losna, passive infinitive losnast, present participle losnande, imperative losna/losn)

1. (intransitive) to come loose, lose one's grip

   Seint på hausten losnar epla frå trea og dett ned på bakken.

   Late in the autumn, the apples come loose from the trees and fall on the ground.

• “losna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.