Where does “Flæmingjaland” come from?
Flæmingjaland (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic flæmingi, from Portuguese flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
Ancestry of “Flæmingjaland”, step by step