Where does “forestland” come from?
forestland (English) comes from English Land, from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.
forestland (English): Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands
Definitions
- Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands
Ancestry of “forestland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Land | — |
| 2 | Middle English | land | Alternative form of lond; urine |
| 3 | Old English | hland | urine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hlandą | urine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | klān- | liquid, wet ground |