Where does “Gondwanaland” come from?

Gondwanaland (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.

Gondwanaland (English): Gondwana southern supercontinent

Definitions

  1. Gondwana southern supercontinent

Ancestry of “Gondwanaland”, step by step

Gondwanaland 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 Gondwana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGondwanaA southern supercontinent, formed before Pangaea between 600 and 530 million years ago, that included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere
2Sanskritगोण्डवनForest of Gondi

Words derived from “Gondwanaland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →
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