Courlandic
/kɔːrˈlændɪk/noun
Relating to Courland, a historical region in present-day western Latvia.
Did you know?Courland was once the center of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, whose rulers established short-lived colonies in Tobago and on the Gambia River during the seventeenth century.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lendʰ-
“A reconstructed root associated with land or open ground; its exact relationship to later Germanic forms is debated.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*landą
“Land or territory.”
Old English
Old English
land
“Land, ground, or a country.”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Curlandia
“Courland, the territory associated with the Curonians.”
Middle English
English
Courland
“The Baltic region later known as Courland.”
Modern English
English
Courlandic
“Relating to Courland, formed with the adjective-forming suffix -ic.”