län
Swedish
/lɛːn/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) fief, fiefdom
- a county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish län derived from Middle Low German lēn inherited from Old Norse lén root from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (leave, remain, leave over).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leykʷ-
Gloss
leave, remain, leave over
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ekolääni Finnish
- lääneittäin Finnish
- lääni Finnish
- lääninherra Finnish
- lääninoikeus Finnish
- lääninraja Finnish
- lääninrovasti Finnish
- läänintaiteilija Finnish
- läänittää Finnish
- sotilaslääni Finnish
- delictor Latin
- delictum Latin
- deliculus Latin
- delinquens Latin
- delinquentia Latin
- delinquo Latin
- dēlictum Latin
- dēlictōrem Latin
- dēlinquentem Latin
- dēlinquēns Latin
- dēlinquō Latin
- lixa Latin
- relictus Latin
- relinquo Latin
- delittuosamente Italian
- delittuosità Italian
- delittuoso Italian
- relitto Italian
- лишний Russian
- λείπω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολείπω Ancient Greek
- *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *likʷ-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *linkʷénti, *linékʷti Proto-Indo-European
- *linékʷti Proto-Indo-European
- *loykʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *laihną Proto-Germanic
- *laihwną Proto-Germanic
- *līhwaną Proto-Germanic
- *twalif Proto-Germanic
- assessor Swedish
- ledning Swedish
- länsassessor Swedish
- länsledning Swedish
- länspolismästare Swedish
- länsrätt Swedish
- länsrättsfiskal Swedish
- länsråd Swedish
- länsstyrelse Swedish
- länsvis Swedish
- polismästare Swedish
- rätt Swedish
- råd Swedish
- styrelse Swedish
- रिक्त Sanskrit
- रिच् Sanskrit
- teilgeoir Irish
- urtheilgeach Irish
- urtheilgean Irish
- auralán Old Norse
- lán Old Norse
- lén Old Norse
- len Danish
- *lixъ Proto-Slavic
- *lišiti Proto-Slavic
- lén Icelandic
- rótarlén Icelandic
- þjóðarlén Icelandic
- as·oilgi Old Irish
- doléici Old Irish
- do·léici Old Irish
- *laihna Proto-Finnic
- *liika Proto-Finnic
- *sleikʷro- Proto-Celtic
- lehen Middle Low German
- lēn Middle Low German
- *riktás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- län Old Swedish
- laikas Lithuanian
- likti Lithuanian
- 𐭥𐭩𐭧𐭲𐭭 Middle Persian
- *litšā Proto-Albanian