Where does “brittienglanti” come from?
brittienglanti (Finnish) comes from Finnish englanti, from Swedish England, from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą — land, heath; loins.
brittienglanti (Finnish): British English
Ancestry of “brittienglanti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | englanti | English |
| 2 | Swedish | England | — |
| 3 | English | England | — |
| 4 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 5 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 6 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |