FromMiddle High Germanlanne(“chain”) +-ac, theMiddle High German fromOld High Germanlanna(“metal sheet, platelet; chain”), fromVulgar Latinlanna fromLatinlāmina(“sheet especially of metal”). Cognate withSlovenelanec(“chain”),Macedonian andBulgarianланец(lanec,“golden or silver chain”), South and WesternRussianланцу́г(lancúg,“chain”),Polishłańcuch(“chain”),Czech andSlovaklano(“cable, rope”).[1]
lánac m (Cyrillic spellingла́нац,relational adjectivelànčanī)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lanac | lanci |
| genitive | lanca | lanaca |
| dative | lancu | lancima |
| accusative | lanac | lance |
| vocative | lanče | lanci |
| locative | lancu | lancima |
| instrumental | lancem | lancima |