Where does “landet ingenstans” come from?

landet ingenstans (Swedish) comes from Swedish ingenstans, from Swedish ingen, from Old Swedish ængin, from Old Norse engi, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

landet ingenstans (Swedish): neverland

Definitions

  1. neverland

Ancestry of “landet ingenstans”, step by step

landet ingenstans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ingenstans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishingenstansnowhere
2Swedishingenno; no one, nobody, none
3Old Swedishænginnone, no one, nobody
4Old Norseenginone, no one, nothing; no, not any; any
5Old Norseeinnone; some, a few
6Proto-Germanicainazone; some
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Swedish landet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlandet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos