English
Welland
Welland may come from English land.
- English1500–presentlanduncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Welland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentlanduncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Welland
Earliest quotation: 2021, John Hillier, Harringworth's magical viaduct: “It must have been the magnetism of the viaduct…”
The story
No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (‘land’).
Every English word from English land
Today it means
name A placename: A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, which flows into the Wash, a large bay on the North Sea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English land / Welland