Where does “wetland” come from?

Wetland derives from Middle English wet and Old English land, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- and lendʰ-, roots meaning wet and to extend respectively.

wetland (English): Land that is covered mostly with water, with...

Definitions

Land that is covered mostly with water, with...

Ancestry of “wetland”, step by step

wetland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wet

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	wet	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually water; Of...
2	Middle English	wet	wet, watery; wet, rainy; liquid, fluid
3	Middle English	weten	to wet
4	Old English	wǣtan	to wet, moisten, water
5	Proto-Germanic	wētijaną	to wet; make wet
6	Indo-European	*wed-	—

via English Land

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Land	The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
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

Words derived from “wetland”

wetlander

Every word from Indo-European *wed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wētijaną →Every word from Old English wǣtan →