Where does “buitenland” come from?

buitenland (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.

buitenland (Dutch): all foreign countries, collectively; anything...

Definitions

  1. all foreign countries, collectively; anything...

Ancestry of “buitenland”, step by step

buitenland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch land

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

via Dutch buiten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbuitenoutside; outside, out of; A mansion and its...
2Middle Dutchbuten—
3Old Dutchbūtan—
4Proto-West Germanic*biūtanoutside, externally

Words derived from “buitenland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →