lan

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Middle English word lan comes from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂ewnom, Proto-Indo-European *lok-, and later Proto-Germanic *launą (Reward, credit, booty.)

*lh₂ewnom (Proto-Indo-European)

*lok- (Proto-Indo-European)

*launą (Proto-Germanic)

Reward, credit, booty.

*lahaną (Proto-Germanic)

To blame, fault, reproach.

lēan (Old English)

lan (Middle English)

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