Where does “lant” come from?

lant (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

lant (Middle Dutch): land; country, region; ground, earth

Definitions

  1. land; country, region; ground, earth

Ancestry of “lant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchlantland; land, terrain; territory
2Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

Words derived from “lant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →