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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlandą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate with Lithuanian klanas (“pool, puddle, slop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxlɑn.dɑ̃/
Noun
*hlandą n
- urine
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *hlandą (neuter a-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | ||
| nominative | *hlandą | |
| vocative | *hlandą | |
| accusative | *hlandą | |
| genitive | *hlandas, *hlandis | |
| dative | *hlandai | |
| instrumental | *hlandō | |
Descendants
- Old English: hland, hlond
- Middle English: land
- Scots: lint
- English: land, lant
- Middle English: land
- Old Dutch: *hland
- Middle Dutch: lant
- Old Norse: hland
- Icelandic: hland
- Faroese: land
- Norwegian: land
- Old Swedish: land
- → Finnish: lanta
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.