Where does “lant” come from?

lant (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

lant (Old Dutch): land; land, terrain; territory

Definitions

  1. land; land, terrain; territory

Ancestry of “lant”, step by step

lant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
2Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Frankish *land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*land—

Words derived from “lant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →