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- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*Wē₂landuz
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*Wēlandu
- Old English · inherited fromWēland
- English todayWayland
From Old English Wēland, from Proto-West Germanic *Wēlandu, from Proto-Germanic *Wē₂landuz. Cognate with Old Norse Vǫlundr, Old High German Wēlant.
First known use, by meaning
- from 1835 A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named after Dr. Francis Wayland.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.