Where does “landspout” come from?

landspout (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.

landspout (English): A kind of tornado not associated with the...

Definitions

  1. A kind of tornado not associated with the...

Ancestry of “landspout”, step by step

landspout 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 spout

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspoutA tube or lip through which liquid or steam is...
2Middle Englishspoutento spout
3Middle Dutchspoiten—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →