Where does “landdrost” come from?

landdrost (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.

landdrost (Dutch): An official and magistrate in rural jurisdictions...

Definitions

  1. An official and magistrate in rural jurisdictions...

Ancestry of “landdrost”, step by step

landdrost traces back through 3 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 drost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdrostreeve, steward
2Middle Dutchdrutsatesteward
3Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
4Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Middle Dutch landdrost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlanddrost

Words derived from “landdrost

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-
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