Where does “land” come from?

land (Middle English) comes from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

land (Middle English): Alternative form of lond; urine

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of lond; urine

Ancestry of “land”, step by step

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

Words derived from “land”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →