land

Afrikaans

/lant/

noun
Definitions
  • country; nation

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish land (land, country, soil, ground, parcel, state) inherited from Old Dutch lant inherited from Proto-Germanic *landą (land) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lendʰ-

Gloss

land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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