English
Sutherland
Sutherland comes from Old Norse Suðrland.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Suðrland
- EnglishtodaySutherland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Suðrland
- EnglishtodaySutherland
A compound of suðr ‘south’ + land ‘land’
Proto-Indo-European *-teros ‘Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix’
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros
Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ‘south, southern’
Proto-Germanic *sunþrą ‘south’
Old Norse suðr ‘south’
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’
Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land, area of ground’
Old Norse land ‘land’
The story
The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (‘south’) + land (‘land’), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.
Every English word from Old Norse Suðrland
Today it means
name A habitational surname from Old English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Suðrland / Sutherland