Where does “Hügellandschaft” come from?

Hügellandschaft (German) comes from German Landschaft, from Middle High German lantschaft, from Old High German lantskaf — landscape.

Hügellandschaft (German): hillscape, hilly landscape

Definitions

  1. hillscape, hilly landscape

Ancestry of “Hügellandschaft”, step by step

Hügellandschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Landschaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLandschaftlandscape
2Middle High Germanlantschaft—
3Old High Germanlantskaflandscape

via German Hügel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHügelhill
2Proto-Germanichaugazheight; hill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten
Every word from Old High German lantskaf →Every word from Middle High German lantschaft →Every word from German Landschaft →