Where does “Greenland” come from?

Greenland derives from Middle English, Old English land, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots related to territory and earth, though the precise semantic development remains unclear.

Greenland (English): Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland

Definitions

  1. Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland

Ancestry of “Greenland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseGrǿnland—
2Old Norselandland
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

Words derived from “Greenland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Old Norse land →
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