Where does “landslip” come from?

landslip (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.

landslip (English): The sliding of a mass of land down a slope or...

Definitions

  1. The sliding of a mass of land down a slope or...

Ancestry of “landslip”, step by step

landslip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground

via English slip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslipA thin, slippery mix of clay and water; Mud,...
2Middle Dutchslippe—
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