Etymograph

English

ghostland

From ghost + land.

A compound of ghost + land

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-

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Proto-Germanic *gaistaz ‘terror’

Proto-West Germanic *gaist ‘ghost’

Old English gāst ‘breath’

Middle English gost ‘a spiritual being’

English ghost

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

noun A land inhabited by ghosts.

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

Etymograph / ghostland