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Where does “Clevelander” come from?

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

Clevelander (English): Someone from Cleveland

Definitions

  1. Someone from Cleveland

Ancestry of “Clevelander”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCleveland—
2Middle EnglishCleveland—
3Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
4Old Englishhlandurine
5Proto-Germanichlandąurine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
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