Where does “Engla land” come from?

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

Engla land (Old English): land of the Angles

Definitions

  1. land of the Angles

Ancestry of “Engla land”, step by step

Engla land traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Old English engle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishenglethe English
2Proto-Germanic*Angli—

Words derived from “Engla land”

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