The story
- Old English · inherited frominland
- Middle English · inherited frominland
- English todayinland
From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.