Etymology

Eiland

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Dutch eiland ← German Eiland
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromEiland
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromeiland
  3. English todayEiland

Borrowed from Dutch eiland and North German Eiland. Compare Eilander.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.