eilân

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian alond, āland, eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /ˈai̯lɔːn/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯lɔːn/

Noun

eilân n (plural eilannen, diminutive eilantsje)

1. island

Further reading

• “eilân”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011