Where does “Griqualand” come from?

Griqualand (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.

Griqualand (English): Various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley)

Definitions

  1. Various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley)

Ancestry of “Griqualand”, step by step

Griqualand 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 Griqua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGriquaAny of a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous...
2AfrikaansGriekwa—

Words derived from “Griqualand”

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