Where does “eiland” come from?
eiland (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.
eiland (Dutch): island
Ancestry of “eiland”, step by step
Words derived from “eiland”