Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛚᚨᛞᚨ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*lada)

From Proto-Germanic *landą.

Noun

*ᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*lada /landa/) n

1. land

Derived terms

• ᛚᚨᛞᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ m (ladawarijaʀ /⁠Landawarjaʀ⁠/, a name, literally “Land-guardian”)
• *ᚹᛁᛞᚨᛚᚨᛞᛁᛉ (*widaladiʀ, “having wide land-holdings”)

Descendants

• 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
• → Proto-Samic: *lāntē (see there for further descendants)