land

Icelandic

/lant/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) land, earth, ground (part of the Earth not under water)
  • (countable) country
  • (uncountable) countryside, country
  • (uncountable) land, as a mass noun, measurable in quantity
  • (countable) tracts of land, an estate

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse land (land) inherited from Proto-Germanic *landą (land) derived 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

Kanji

炊

Emoji

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