English

Wolfland

From wolf + land.

A compound of wolf + land

Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos

Proto-Germanic *wulfaz

Proto-West Germanic *wulf

Old English wulf

Middle English wolf

English wolf

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 A nickname for Ireland.

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

Etymograph / Wolfland