Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liʀnōn

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*liʀnēn (Elbe Germanic)

Etymology

A fientive verb derived from Proto-Germanic *lizaną.

Verb

*liʀnōn^[1]

to learn

Inflection

Unknown.

Descendants

Old English: leornian, liornian, leornan
- Middle English: lernen
  - English: learn
  - Scots: lerne, leirn, lairn
Old Frisian: lernia, lirnia; lerna, lirna
Old Saxon: *lernōn, līnōn
- Middle Low German: lernen
Old Dutch: lernon
- Middle Dutch: lēernen
Old High German: lernon (rare)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*liznōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340

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