Where does “eilant” come from?

eilant (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic awjōlandą, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Ancestry of “eilant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutcheilant—
2Old Frisianeiland—
3Proto-West Germanic*auwjuland—
4Proto-Germanicawjōlandąisland
5Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
6Proto-Germanicagwjō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “eilant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →