Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚨᚺᚹᚢᛚᚨᛞᚨ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From *ᚨᚺᚹᚢ (*ahwu, “river; water”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, + *ᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*lada, “land”).

Proper noun

*ᚨᚺᚹᚢᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*ahwulada) n

1. Åland, an archipelago in the Baltic Sea

Alternative reconstructions

• *ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*ahwalada)

Descendants

• Old Norse: Áland
  • Icelandic: Áland
  • Faroese: Áland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Åland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Åland
  • Swedish: Åland
    • → Finnish: Oolanti
  • Danish: Ålandsøerne
• →? Finnish: Ahvenanmaa