English
layland
From lay (“meadow”) + land.
Formed from lay ‘meadow’ + land
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Proto-Germanic *lagjaną ‘to lay’
Proto-West Germanic *laggjan ‘to lay’
Old English leċġan ‘to lay’
Middle English leyen ‘to lay’
English lay
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 Land lying untilled; fallow ground.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / layland