Åland

Danish

proper noun

Definitions

Åland, Åland Islands; An autonomous province in Finland. Swedish speaking group of islands between Finland and Sweden.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse Áland inherited from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ (water-land).

Origin

Proto-Norse

ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ

Gloss

water-land

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Ahvenanmaa Finnish
Åland Norwegian Bokmål
Åland Swedish
Åland Norwegian Nynorsk
Áland Old Norse
Ålandsøerne Danish
ø Danish
Áland Icelandic
Áland Faroese
Ahvenamaa Estonian
*ahwaland Proto-Norse
ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ Proto-Norse