Where does “Yslands” come from?

Yslands (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Ysland, from Dutch IJsland, from Dutch land, from Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

Yslands (Afrikaans): Icelandic of, from, or pertaining to Iceland, the Icelandic people or the Icelandic language

Definitions

  1. Icelandic of, from, or pertaining to Iceland, the Icelandic people or the Icelandic language

Ancestry of “Yslands”, step by step

Yslands traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Ysland

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansYsland—
2DutchIJsland—
3Dutchlandland; country; land
4Middle Dutchlantland; country, region; ground, earth
5Old Dutchlantland; land, terrain; territory
6Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
7Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Afrikaans s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanss—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →