Where does “landsplott” come from?

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

landsplott (Old English): a small plot or portion of land or ground

Definitions

  1. a small plot or portion of land or ground

Ancestry of “landsplott”, step by step

landsplott 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 splott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsplotta plot or parcel of land; a spot
2Proto-Germanicspluttazsegment
3Proto-Indo-Europeansplt-no-an off-split, segment
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →