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Where does “land” come from?

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

land (Old Norse): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “land”, step by step

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

Words derived from “land”

  • Finland
  • Shetland
  • Shetlander
  • landskap
  • Finlander
  • shetland
  • Tavastia
  • Shetlandic
  • Tavastian
  • Shetlandish
  • Snelandia
  • Islandia
  • Islanda
  • islandese
  • Финляндия
  • Islande
  • Finlandais
  • Groenland
  • Finlande
  • Groenlandais
  • Islandais
  • finnländisch
  • Finnland
  • Island
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