Where does “Jubaland” come from?

Jubaland (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.

Jubaland (English): A province of the British East African Protectorate

Definitions

  1. A province of the British East African Protectorate

Ancestry of “Jubaland”, step by step

Jubaland 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 juba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjubaThe mane of an animal; A loose panicle whose axis...
2SomaliJubba—

Words derived from “Jubaland”

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