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Where does “Waterlandian” come from?

Waterlandian (English) comes from English Waterland, from Dutch Waterland, from Dutch land, from Dutch landnaam, from Dutch naam, from Middle Dutch nāme, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō — to name.

Waterlandian (English): One of a group of Dutch Anabaptists who separated...

Definitions

  1. One of a group of Dutch Anabaptists who separated...

Ancestry of “Waterlandian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWaterland—
2DutchWaterland—
3Dutchlandland; country; land
4DutchlandnaamUncommon form of landsnaam
5Dutchnaamname
6Middle Dutchnāme—
7Old Dutchnamoname
8Proto-West Germanicnamōname
9Proto-Germanicnamôname
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →