lânar

Forms

lânar m (plural lânari)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian lână + -ar, according to DLR, MDA2 and Ciorănescu, who lists it among the derivatives of lână “wool”.^[2][3][4] Tiktin, Candrea and Densusianu, Șăineanu and the REW instead take it straight from Latin lānārius (“wool worker”), and Scriban and Wiktionary give both views.^{[5][6][7][8][9][1]} The Latin word is formed from lāna (“wool”) with the suffix -ārius.^[1]

The word has a match south of the Danube in Aromanian lãnar.^[6][1] Candrea and Densusianu and the REW compare French lainier, Occitan lanier and Spanish lanero.^[6][8]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is a document of before 1699 in Iorga's Studii și documente, which names a certain Ioan Crăstea, lânariu “wool worker”.^[2][3]

Semantic evolution

The word named both the craftsman who worked wool and the trader who sold it.^[3][2] Documents of 1785 and 1787 show the wool dealers of the time buying up the skins of dead sheep.^[2] Ion Ghica wrote of the guild of the lânari and its large dealings.^[2] The trade itself has gone, and MDA2 and DLR now label the word obsolete.^[3][2]

Timeline

• before 1699 – lânariu as the trade of a man named in a document, the first record.^[2][3]
• 1780 – lânar in a document dated by Tiktin.^[5]
• 1785 – lânari in a document published by Furnică.^[2]
• 1787 – lânari who sent men to gather the skins of dead sheep.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (obsolete) A person who works wool.^[3][2][1]
2. (obsolete) A wool merchant.^[3][2][9]

Related words

• lână
• lânos
• Aromanian lãnar

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. lânar
3. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1331
4. ^ Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. lână
5. ^ a b Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. lânar
6. ^ a b c Candrea, I.-A.; Densusianu, Ov. (1907–1914), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române: elementele latine (A–Putea), București
7. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 355
8. ^ a b Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 4876
9. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1, 753