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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *laihną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_laihną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ave_raex_nah" xml:lang="ave" type="cognate">
          <orth>𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>raēxənah</orth>
          </form>
          <def>inheritance, heritage</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_leykw" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*leykʷ-</orth>
          <def>to leave</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_reknas" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>रेक्णस्</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>rékṇas</orth>
          </form>
          <def>property, inheritance</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_laihna" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laihną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>laihną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈlɑi̯x.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᚨᛁᚺᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">neuter</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>that which is lent, loan</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>fief</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From earlier *laihwnam, from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_leykw"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_leykw">*leykʷ-</ref></mentioned> (‘to leave, leave over’). Cognate with Avestan <mentioned xml:lang="ave" target="#cog_ave_raex_nah"><ref target="#cog_ave_raex_nah">𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵</ref></mentioned> (raēxənah), Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_reknas"><ref target="#cog_san_reknas">रेक्णस्</ref></mentioned> (rékṇas, ‘property, inheritance’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>laihną</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>laihnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>laihną</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>laihnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>laihnas, laihnis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>laihnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>laihnai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>laihnamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>laihnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>laihnamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>laihną</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>laihnō</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*lēn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>leen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>leen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>leen</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>lǣn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>læn, leane</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>len</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>lēn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>leen</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>lien</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>lēhan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>lēhen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Lehen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Russian</lang>
                          <orth>лен (len)</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>lēhan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>lēhen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Czech</lang>
                        <orth>léno</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Polish</lang>
                          <orth>lenno</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>lēhan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lehen, lên, leen, lehn, lein</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                        <orth>lén</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Danish</lang>
                          <orth>len</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                          <orth>len</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>lēhan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lehen, lên, leen, lehn, lein</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                        <orth>lén</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Swedish</lang>
                          <orth>län</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Finnish</lang>
                            <orth>lääni</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lán</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>lán</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>lán</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>lån</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lán</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>lane, lone</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>lane, lain</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lán</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>lane, lone</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>loan</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>loan</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lán</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>lān</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>lån</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lán</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>lān</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>lån</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*laihna</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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          </re>
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