Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *landā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑn.dɑ̃/

Noun

*landą n

1. land, area of ground

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *landą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*landą	*landō
vocative	*landą	*landō
accusative	*landą	*landō
genitive	*landas, *landis	*landǫ̂
dative	*landai	*landamaz
instrumental	*landō	*landamiz

Derived terms

• *Hrōþilandaz
• *landabūwô
• *landakaupaz
• *landasiduz
• *landaskapiz
• *landaskuldiz
• *landijaną
• *landô
• *markalandą

Related terms

• *lundaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *land
  • Old English: land, lond, lænd
    • Middle English: lond
      • English: land
      • Scots: laund, land
      • Yola: lhoan, lone
  • Old Frisian: land, lond
    • North Frisian:

      Fohr: lun

      Hallig: löön

      Heligoland: Lun

      Mooring: lönj

    • Saterland Frisian: Lound
    • West Frisian: lân
  • Old Saxon: land
    • Middle Low German: lant
      • Dutch Low Saxon: laand
      • German Low German: Land
      • Plautdietsch: Launt
  • Old Dutch: lant
    • Middle Dutch: lant
      • Dutch: land
        • Afrikaans: land
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
        • Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
        • → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
        • >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)
      • Limburgish: landj
      • Zealandic: land
  • Old High German: lant
    • Middle High German: lant
      • Alemannic German: Land, Lånd

        Swabian: Lahnd

      • Bavarian: Lånd

        Cimbrian: lant, lånt (Luserna)

      • Central Franconian: Land, Lannt

        Hunsrik: Land

        Luxembourgish: Land

      • German: Land (see there for further descendants)
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Palatine German: Lond

        Pennsylvania German: Land, Lond

      • Vilamovian: łaond
      • Yiddish: לאַנד (land)
• Old Norse: land
  • Icelandic: land
  • Faroese: land
  • Norn: land
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: land
    • Russenorsk: лань (lanʹ)
  • Old Swedish: land
    • Elfdalian: land
    • Swedish: land
  • Old Danish: land
    • Danish: land
      • Norwegian Bokmål: land
    • Scanian: lann
  • Old Gutnish: land
    • Gutnish: land, lande, landi
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land)