English

landblink

From land + blink; compare iceblink.

A compound of land + blink

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Old English *blincan

Middle English blynken

English blink

Today it means

noun An atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions.

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

Etymograph / landblink