Where does “dunland” come from?

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

dunland (Old English): downland, hilly or mountainous land

Definitions

  1. downland, hilly or mountainous land

Ancestry of “dunland”, step by step

dunland 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 dūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
2Proto-Germanic*dūnā—
3Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “dunland”

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