Where does “Noorder-Koggenland” come from?
Noorder-Koggenland (Dutch) comes 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.
Ancestry of “Noorder-Koggenland”, step by step
Noorder-Koggenland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch land
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lant | land; country, region; ground, earth |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via German Koog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Koog | polder |
| 2 | English | cooch | The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance; The... |
| 3 | English | coochie | The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance; The... |
| 4 | English | hootchy-kootchy | A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance,... |