Where does “Thembuland” come from?

Thembuland (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.

Thembuland (English): the traditional home of the Thembu people

Definitions

  1. the traditional home of the Thembu people

Ancestry of “Thembuland”, step by step

Thembuland 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 Thembu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishThembuA member of a certain South African tribe that...
2ZuluumThembuThembu person
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →