Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/land

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *landą.

Noun

*land n

1. land, area of ground

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*land
Genitive	*landas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*land	*landu
Accusative	*land	*landu
Genitive	*landas	*landō
Dative	*landē	*landum
Instrumental	*landu	*landum

Descendants

• 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)
    • Limburgish: landj
    • Zealandic: land
• Old High German: lant
  • Middle High German: lant
    • Alemannic German: Land, Lånd

      Swabian: Lahnd

    • Bavarian: Lånd

      Cimbrian: lant, lånt

    • 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)