Where does “stumpland” come from?

stumpland (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.

stumpland (English): having stumps of trees as a dominant feature

Definitions

  1. having stumps of trees as a dominant feature

Ancestry of “stumpland”, step by step

stumpland 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 stump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstumpThe remains of something that has been cut off;...
2Middle Englishstumpe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →