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Where does “forbyland” come from?

forbyland (English) comes from English land, from Middle English lond, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

forbyland (English): A tract of arable land lying outside a common...

Definitions

  1. A tract of arable land lying outside a common...

Ancestry of “forbyland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans...
2Middle EnglishlondAn independent nation, country or realm; A tribe,...
3Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
4Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
5Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
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