Where does “mædland” come from?

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

mædland (Old English): meadow-land

Definitions

  1. meadow-land

Ancestry of “mædland”, step by step

mædland 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 mǣd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmǣdmead, meadow, pasture
2Proto-West Germanic*mādumeadow, clearing
3Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →