Where does “Southland” come from?
Southland is a compound of south and land, where land derives from Middle English lond, Old English land, and Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-, meaning to lie flat or extend.
Ancestry of “Southland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | South | — |
| 2 | French | sud | south |
| 3 | Middle French | sud | — |
| 4 | Old French | sud | south |
| 5 | Old English | sūþ | south |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunþrą | south; south, southward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |
Words derived from “Southland”