Where does “bocland” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bocland”, step by step

bocland traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
2Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Old English bōc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōcbeech; book
2Proto-Germanicbōk—
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Old English bōcland

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōclandfreehold; land held by a charter or writing that was not bound to a fief

Words derived from “bocland”

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