English
Netherland
From nether + land.
Proto-Indo-European *ni-
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Proto-West Germanic *niþer ‘down, downwards’
Old English niþer ‘down, downwards’
Old English niþera ‘lower, under, lowest’
Middle English nether
English nether
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 Netherlands
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Netherland