Where does “Finnland” come from?
Finnland (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Ancestry of “Finnland”, step by step
Finnland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse land
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | land | land |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Old Norse Finnr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | Finnr | a Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | Finnaz | Sami? Finn? |
Words derived from “Finnland”