English

Lappland

From Lapp + land.

A compound of Lapp + land

Swedish lapp

English Lapp

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

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

Etymograph / Lappland