English

Highland

Proprialization of highland.

A compound of high + land

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

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

adj Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.

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

Etymograph / Highland