Where does “englanninsetteri” come from?
englanninsetteri (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.
englanninsetteri (Finnish): English setter
Definitions
- English setter
Ancestry of “englanninsetteri”, step by step
englanninsetteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish englanti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | englanti | English |
| 2 | Swedish | England | — |
| 3 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 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 |