Where does “Aleutic Islands” come from?
Aleutic Islands (English) comes from English islands, from English Island, from English iland, from Middle English iland, from Old English īeġland, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō — water.
Ancestry of “Aleutic Islands”, step by step
Aleutic Islands traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English islands
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | islands | plural of island; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | Island | Long Island (in New York State) |
| 3 | English | iland | Archaic form of island |
| 4 | Middle English | iland | — |
| 5 | Old English | īeġland | island |
| 6 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |