Etymograph

English

hayland

From hay + land.

A compound of hay + land

Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’

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Proto-Germanic *hawją

Proto-West Germanic *hawi

Old English hīeġ

Middle English hey

English hay

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 Grassland whose grass is cut for hay.

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

Etymograph / hayland