Where does “Damaraland” come from?

Damaraland (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.

Damaraland (English): The north-central part of a region that later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras, bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south

Definitions

  1. The north-central part of a region that later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras, bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south

Ancestry of “Damaraland”, step by step

Damaraland 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 Damara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDamaraA native of Damaraland
2Malaydamarresin
3Proto-Malayicdamarresin
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandamaʀtree resin used in torches
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →