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Where does “lant” come from?

lant (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.

lant (English): Aged urine; To flavor with aged urine; Obsolete...

Definitions

  1. Aged urine; To flavor with aged urine; Obsolete...

Ancestry of “lant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLand—
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
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