*laihną

Runic: ᛚᚨᛁᚺᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑi̯x.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

that which is lent, loan
fief

Etymology

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

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	laihną	laihnō
Acc.	laihną	laihnō
Gen.	laihnas, laihnis	laihnǫ̂
Dat.	laihnai	laihnamaz
Inst.	laihnō	laihnamiz
Voc.	laihną	laihnō

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Descendants

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

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