Where does “mirlando” come from?
mirlando (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.
mirlando (Esperanto): wonderland
Definitions
- wonderland
Ancestry of “mirlando”, step by step
mirlando traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto lando
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | lando | country, land, nation |
| 2 | Yiddish | לאַנד | country, land, nation |
| 3 | Middle High German | lant | land; country |
| 4 | Old High German | lant | land; country |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Esperanto miri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | miri | to be amazed, to marvel, to wonder |
| 2 | Italian | mirare | to aim, to take aim, to sight, to point; to... |
| 3 | Latin | mīror | to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at |
| 4 | Latin | mīrus | wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | smeiros | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sméyros | laughing, smiling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smey- | to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be... |