Etymology

Greenlander

G2R1E1E1N1L1A1N1D2E1R1

Today it means: A person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent. Full definition →

English Greenland ← Old Norse Grǿnland ← Middle English lond
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gróh₁nis
  3. Proto-Germanic*grōniz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
  5. Old Englishgrēne
  6. Middle Englishgrene
  7. Englishgreen
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*landą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*land
  11. Old Englishland
  12. Middle Englishlond
  13. Englishland
  14. Old NorseGrǿnland
  15. EnglishGreenland
  16. English todayGreenlander

From Greenland + -er.

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