Where does “Zealand” come from?
Zealand derives from Danish Sjælland, from Old Norse Selund, from Old Norse selr meaning seal, from Proto-Germanic selhaz, from Proto-Indo-European selk-.
Ancestry of “Zealand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | Sjælland | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | Selund | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | selr | seal; second-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | selhaz | seal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | selk- | to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw |
Words derived from “Zealand”