Where does “Westlandgate” come from?
Westlandgate (English) comes from English Westland, from English West, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros.
Westlandgate (English): A 1985 controversy around government plans to bail out the helicopter company Westland
Definitions
- A 1985 controversy around government plans to bail out the helicopter company Westland
Ancestry of “Westlandgate”, step by step
Westlandgate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Westland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Westland | At one time Westland was a province, and later Westland County, and the whole of the West Coast region is also known as Westland |
| 2 | English | West | Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie |
| 3 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 4 | Old English | west | west |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | western, westernly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |