Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/land

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *landą.

Noun

*land n

land, area of ground

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*land
Genitive	*landas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*land	*landu
Accusative	*land	*landu
Genitive	*landas	*landō
Dative	*landē	*landum
Instrumental	*landu	*landum

Descendants

Old English: land, lond, lænd
- Middle English: lond
  - English: land
  - Scots: laund, land
  - Yola: lhoan, lone
Old Frisian: land, lond
- North Frisian:
  Fohr: lun
  
  Hallig: löön
  
  Heligoland: Lun
  
  Mooring: lönj
- Saterland Frisian: Lound
- West Frisian: lân
Old Saxon: land
- Middle Low German: lant
  - Dutch Low Saxon: laand
  - German Low German: Land
  - Plautdietsch: Launt
Old Dutch: lant
- Middle Dutch: lant
  - Dutch: land
    - Afrikaans: land
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
    - Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
    - → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
    - >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)
  - Limburgish: landj
  - Zealandic: land
Old High German: lant
- Middle High German: lant
  - Alemannic German: Land, Lånd
    Swabian: Lahnd
  - Bavarian: Lånd
    Cimbrian: lant, lånt (Luserna)
  - Central Franconian: Land, Lannt
    Hunsrik: Land
    Luxembourgish: Land
  - German: Land (see there for further descendants)
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: Lond
    Pennsylvania German: Land, Lond
  - Vilamovian: łaond
  - Yiddish: לאַנד (land)