Where does “Cockneyland” come from?

Cockneyland (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.

Cockneyland (English): The East End of London

Definitions

  1. The East End of London

Ancestry of “Cockneyland”, step by step

Cockneyland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Land

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

via English Cockney

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCockneyFrom the East End of London, or London generally;...
2Middle Englishcokenaycockney
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