Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liʀnōn

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)