Lifland
/ˈlɪf.lænd/noun
An obsolete English form of Livland, the historical name for Livonia, a region around present-day Estonia and Latvia.
Did you know?Lifland was associated with medieval Livonia, where crusading military orders, including the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the Teutonic Order, fought for control and conversion.
Etymological Timeline
Early Medieval Period
Finnic
Līvõd
“The Livs, a Finnic-speaking people of the eastern Baltic”
13th Century
Middle Low German
Livland
“Land of the Livs”
13th–16th Centuries
Latin
Livonia
“Livonia, the wider historical region encompassing much of modern Estonia and Latvia”
14th–17th Centuries
Middle English
Lifland
“An English rendering of Livland, used for the Baltic region”
Modern English
English
Lifland
“An obsolete historical name or spelling for Livonia”