Where does “eiland” come from?
eiland (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch eiland, from Middle Dutch eilant, from Old Dutch eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic awjōlandą, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō — water.
eiland (Afrikaans): island
Ancestry of “eiland”, step by step