Where does “NL” come from?
NL (Translingual) comes from Translingual l, from English liquid, from Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti — moist, to wet.
Ancestry of “NL”, step by step
NL traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual l
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | l | — |
| 2 | English | liquid | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no... |
| 3 | Middle English | liquide | liquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained |
| 4 | Old French | liquide | liquid |
| 5 | Latin | liquidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,... |
| 6 | Latin | liqueō | to be liquid, fluid |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wlikʷēō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wleykʷ- | moist, to wet |
via Dutch Nederland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Nederland | the Netherlands; Netherlands |
| 2 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lant | land; country, region; ground, earth |
| 4 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |