looien

Meaning

Verb

to tan (leather)

Adj

alternative form of loden

Concepts

tan

barken

Synonyms

leerlooien

Translations

gerben

tanner

curtir

conciare

curtir

walken

curtir (pele)

surrar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈloːi̯ə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lôyen

Inherited from Old Dutch: *lōien

In summary

From Middle Dutch lôyen, louwen, loën, from Middle Dutch loo (“treebark”), from Old Dutch *lō, from Proto-West Germanic *lauw, from Proto-Germanic *lawwą (“loosened material, treebark, tan”).