Where does “Centland” come from?

Centland (Old English) comes from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Proto-Celtic Cantio, from Proto-Celtic kantos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-.

Centland (Old English): Kentish land, Kent

Definitions

  1. Kentish land, Kent

Ancestry of “Centland”, step by step

Centland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Cent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishCent—
2LatinCantiuma promontory in England (now Kent)
3Proto-CelticCantio—
4Proto-Celtickantoscorner; rim
5Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ndʰ-—

via Old English land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
2Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic kantos →Every word from Proto-Celtic Cantio →