Where does “Ålánda” come from?

Ålánda (Northern Sami) comes from Swedish Åland, from Old Norse Áland, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ — water-land.

Ålánda (Northern Sami): Åland

Definitions

  1. Åland

Ancestry of “Ålánda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishÅlandÅland
2Old NorseÁlandÅland
3Proto-Norseᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞwater-land
Every word from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ →Every word from Old Norse Áland →Every word from Swedish Åland →