Etymograph

English

landflood

From land + flood.

A compound of land + flood

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- ‘to swim, flow’

Proto-Germanic *flōduz ‘river’

Proto-West Germanic *flōdu ‘river’

Old English flōd ‘flowing of the tide’

Middle English flod ‘a river; a waterbody that moves in one direction’

English flood

Today it means

noun flood; inundation

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

Etymograph / landflood