Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. · A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. · A narrow road, as in the country. · A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).
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This page abbreviates 10 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.",
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