Where does “英格蘭” come from?
英格蘭 (Chinese) comes from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Ancestry of “英格蘭”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 2 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 3 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 4 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |