Etymograph

English

lanary

Lanary comes from Latin lanarius ‘belonging to wool’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂1‘wool’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wlāna1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElāna1‘wool’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElanarius2‘belonging to wool’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElanaria2
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1977lanary2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin lanarius
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English lanary
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1977, Margaret Butler, The Lion of Christ: “'Go through into the lanary,' he said, 'if you…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-Wiktionary, Latin lanariusreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂Wiktionary, Latin lanarius‘wool’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wlānaWiktionary, Latin lanariusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElānaWiktionary, Latin lanarius‘wool’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElanariusWiktionary, English lanary‘belonging to wool’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElanariaWiktionary, English lanary
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1977lanaryWiktionary, English lanary. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1977, Margaret Butler, The Lion of Christ: “'Go through into the lanary,' he said, 'if you…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

value, wild, equivalent, valid, velvet, valuation, vale, avail, wield, fluff, valiant, vail, valour, cuckold, woolen, velour, valorous, lanolin, 42 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ ‘wool’

wool, flannel, woll, 12 more

Today it means

noun A place for storing wool.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “lanary”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin lanarius. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- / lanary

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