Where does “Queensland” come from?
Queensland is an English place name combining English Queen with English land, ultimately deriving from Old English land and Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- meaning to stretch or extend.
Queensland (English): The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland
Definitions
- The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland
Ancestry of “Queensland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 2 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 3 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 4 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |