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laun.

wages, salary

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈlœiːn]
  1. wages, salary

    neuter · plural · plural-only
  2. reward

    neuter · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse laun, from Proto-Germanic *launą, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“catch, plunder, profit”). Cognate with Swedish lön, Dutch loon (Old Saxon lōn), German Lohn (Old High German lōn), Old English lean, Old Frisian lān, 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.

noun[ˈlœiːn]
  1. secrecy, concealment

    feminine · no-plural
    Á laun.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse laun, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

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