English

Jockland

From jock (“(derogatory) a Scotsman”) + land.

A compound of jock ‘(derogatory) a Scotsman’ + land

Middle English Jackin

English Jack

English jock

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 Scotland

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

Etymograph / Jockland