Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. · A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). · The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. · The permission to borrow any item.
To lend (something) to (someone).
From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend.
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- Root classification mention*leykʷ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionloneenm
- Derivation mentionlánnon
- Derivation mention*laihnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*leykʷ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionlánis
- Cognate mentionlånsv
- Cognate mentionlånda
- Cognate mentionLehende
- Cognate mentionleennl
- Cognate mentionlienfy
- Cognate mentionleenfrr
- Cognate mentionlanesco
- Cognate mentionlǣnang
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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