Where does “land” come from?

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

land (Old English): land; a country; region within a country:...

Definitions

  1. land; a country; region within a country:...

Ancestry of “land”, step by step

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

Words derived from “land”

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