Where does “holandisks” come from?
holandisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian Holande, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
holandisks (Latvian): Dutch
Ancestry of “holandisks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | Holande | Holland |
| 2 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |