loan

loan · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leykʷ-“to leave (over)”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*laihną
3. Old Norse · derived fromlán
4. Middle English · inherited fromlone
5. English todayloan

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.

loan · noun²

1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromlòn“marshy meadow”
2. English todayloan

From Scottish Gaelic lòn (“marshy meadow”) (compare lèana (“wet meadow, marsh, meadow”)).

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