Where does “קליבלנד” come from?

קליבלנד (Hebrew) comes from English Cleveland, from Middle English Cleveland, from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

Ancestry of “קליבלנד”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishClevelandincluding
2Middle EnglishCleveland—
3Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
4Old Englishhlandurine
5Proto-Germanichlandąurine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →