Where does “Poland” come from?

Poland comes from Middle English Polond, from Old English Polland, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, meaning to spread or unfold.

Poland (English): named after the home country of a plantation manager

Definitions

  1. named after the home country of a plantation manager

Ancestry of “Poland”, step by step

Poland traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Polen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPoleninflection of Pole: ## genitive/dative/accusative...
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

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 Pole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPoleA person from Poland or of Polish descent
2GermanPolePole; plural of Pol
3Proto-Slavicpȍľefield

Words derived from “Poland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →