Where does “Hitlerland” come from?

Hitlerland (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.

Hitlerland (English): Germany, especially Nazi Germany

Definitions

  1. Germany, especially Nazi Germany

Ancestry of “Hitlerland”, step by step

Hitlerland 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 Hitler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHitlerAn unnecessarily dictatorial person
2GermanHitlerAdolf Hitler
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →