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Where does “hland” come from?

hland (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

hland (Icelandic): piss

Definitions

  1. piss

Ancestry of “hland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehlandurine
2Proto-Germanichlandąurine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
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