Where does “Westland” come from?
Westland is a compound of the English word west and land, which derives from Old English land, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-.
Ancestry of “Westland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 2 | Dutch | landnaam | Uncommon form of landsnaam |
| 3 | Dutch | naam | name |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | nāme | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | namo | name |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | namō | name |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
Words derived from “Westland”