Where does “landsort” come from?

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

landsort (Swedish): provinces, country (the parts of a country outside its capital city (or sometimes outside its largest cities, in an extended sense))

Definitions

  1. provinces, country (the parts of a country outside its capital city (or sometimes outside its largest cities, in an extended sense))

Ancestry of “landsort”, step by step

landsort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish länd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishländloin
2Old Swedishländland
3Old Norselandland
4Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Swedish ört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishörtherb
2Old Norseurt
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “landsort

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic landąEvery word from Old Norse land