English

Geatland

Compound of Geat + land.

A compound of Geat + land

Proto-Germanic *gautaz

Proto-West Germanic *Gaut

Old English Ġēat

English Geat

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Today it means

name The land of the Geats; Götaland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Geatland