English
Yealands
Yealands comes from Old English hēah ‘high, tall’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to elevate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewk-‘to elevate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kówk-o-sreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhaz‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauh‘high’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hēah‘high, tall’
- EnglishtodayYealands
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewk-‘to elevate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kówk-o-sreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hauhaz‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauh‘high’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hēah‘high, tall’
- EnglishtodayYealands
The story
Yealand was recorded in the Domesday Book as Jalant, from Old English hēah + land.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to elevate’
through Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ‘high’
through Proto-West Germanic *hauh ‘high’
through Old English hēah ‘high, tall’
Today it means
name A cluster of three villages, Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne and Yealand Storrs, north of Carnforth, Lancashire, England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kewk- / Yealands