Where does “-land” come from?

-land (English) comes from English Land, from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

-land (English): Used to form the name of a territory, country, or...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the name of a territory, country, or...

Ancestry of “-land”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground

Words derived from “-land”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →