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Where does “landfruma” come from?

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

landfruma (Old English): ruler of the land, king

Definitions

  1. ruler of the land, king

Ancestry of “landfruma”, step by step

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
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