Anglian
/ˈæŋ.ɡli.ən/noun
Relating to the Angles, their territory, or the Anglian dialects of Old English.
Did you know?The Angles’ name survives in England—literally “the land of the Angles”—even though Anglian was only one major branch of Old English.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂enk-
“To bend or bow; a reconstructed root associated with angular or curved forms.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*angulaz
“A bend, angle, or hook-shaped feature; the probable source of the tribal name.”
1st Century CE
Latin
Anglii
“The Angles, a Germanic people recorded by Tacitus in Germania.”
Old English
Old English
Engle
“The Angles; the people whose name appears in compounds such as Englaland.”
Old English
Old English
Englisc
“English, originally associated with the Angles and their language.”
Modern English
English
Anglian
“Relating to the Angles, their historical region, or the Northumbrian and Mercian varieties of Old English.”