Where does “Flanders” come from?

Flanders (English) comes from Middle English Flaunders, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch vlaendren, from Old Dutch flāmdra-, from Old Frisian flāmdra-, from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Flanders (English): The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above

Definitions

  1. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above

Ancestry of “Flanders”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishFlaunders—
2Old FrenchFlandres—
3Middle DutchvlaendrenFlanders
4Old Dutchflāmdra-—
5Old Frisianflāmdra-—
6Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “Flanders”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Old Dutch flāmdra- →