leunen

Nghĩa

to lean

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leu‧nen

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈløː.nə(n)/

Từ nguyên

The verb is the result of the merger of two middle dutch verbs that meant to 'lean':
* From Middle Dutch lēnen, from Old Dutch *linon, from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną.
* From Middle Dutch lênen - leinen, from Old Dutch lēnen - *leinen, from Proto-West Germanic *hlainijan, from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną.
To avoid homonymy with the verb lenen (“to loan”), the word adopted a dialectal 'eu' (øː) vowel.