English

Nederland

Nederland comes from Dutch Nederland.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of neder ‘down’ + land ‘land, country, realm, territory’

Proto-Indo-European *niter ‘down’

Proto-Germanic *niþer ‘down, downwards’

Proto-West Germanic *niþer ‘down, downwards’

Old Dutch nither ‘down’

Middle Dutch nēder ‘down, downwards’

Dutch neder ‘down’

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’

Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land, area of ground’

Frankish *land

Old Dutch lant ‘land’

Middle Dutch lant ‘land’

Dutch land ‘land, country, realm, territory’

Every English word from Dutch Nederland

name A city in Jefferson County, Texas.

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