Where does “Vestlandet” come from?

Vestlandet (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk vest, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Vestlandet (Norwegian Nynorsk): Western Norway, an area comprising four counties - Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane

Definitions

  1. Western Norway, an area comprising four counties - Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane

Ancestry of “Vestlandet”, step by step

Vestlandet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk vest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskvestwest; a waistcoat
2Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Norwegian Nynorsk land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsklandcountry; land; urine from livestock
2Old Norselandland
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin līnum