lean
Pronunciation: /læ͜ɑːn/
“lean” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
verb
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laun. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian lān, Old Saxon lōn, Old High German lōn, Old Norse laun, and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 (laun). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λεία (leía) (from *λαϝία), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ловъ (lovŭ) (Russian лов (lov)), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.
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