Where does “launde” come from?
launde (Middle English) comes from Old French lande, from Proto-Celtic landā, from Proto-Indo-European ln̥dʰ-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European léndʰ-s ~ ln̥dʰ-és, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Ancestry of “launde”, step by step