English
Sudetenland
Sudetenland comes from German Sudetenland.
- Germanc. 1650–presentSudetenland
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentSudetenland
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from German Sudetenland, named after the Sudeten mountain range, but encompassing a far greater area.
Every English word from German Sudetenland
Today it means
name The northern, southern, and western border areas of former Czechoslovakia, which (until 1945) were inhabited mainly by German-speakers
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Sudetenland / Sudetenland