Etymology Explorer › Middle English

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”

  • land
  • Ireland
  • landed
  • landing
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Maryland
  • Switzerland
  • Cleveland
  • Thailand
  • Portland
  • homeland
  • Queensland
  • Greenland
  • landlady
  • landowner
  • overland
  • wetland
  • landslide
  • farmland
  • grassland
  • landfill
  • lowland
  • fatherland
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