Where does “İngiltere” come from?
İngiltere (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish انكلتره, from Italian Inghilterra, from French Angleterre, from Old French Engleterre, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą — land, heath; loins.
Ancestry of “İngiltere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | انكلتره | England |
| 2 | Italian | Inghilterra | — |
| 3 | French | Angleterre | — |
| 4 | Old French | Engleterre | England country |
| 5 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 6 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |