Etymograph

English

landsick

From land + sick.

A compound of land + sick

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 *sewg- ‘to be troubled or grieved’

Proto-Germanic *seukaz

Proto-West Germanic *seuk

Old English sēoc ‘sick’

Middle English sik ‘sick’

English sick

Today it means

adj Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness except on land

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

Etymograph / landsick