Where does “graflando” come from?

graflando (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lando, from Yiddish לאַנד, from Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

graflando (Esperanto): county sovereign country ruled by a count

Definitions

  1. county sovereign country ruled by a count

Ancestry of “graflando”, step by step

graflando traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto lando

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolandocountry, land, nation
2Yiddishלאַנדcountry, land, nation
3Middle High Germanlantland; country
4Old High Germanlantland; country
5Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
6Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Esperanto grafo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantografoearl, count
2Germangrafcount (a member of the German nobility)
3Middle High Germangrâvecount
4Old High Germangrāfioruler; count, local judge
5Proto-West Germanicgarāfijōcount; earl; reeve, bailiff
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →
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