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English word island comes from Proto-Germanic *awjō (A floodplain; meadow. Island.), Proto-Germanic *landą (Land, area of ground.)
*awjō (Proto-Germanic)
A floodplain; meadow. Island.
*landą (Proto-Germanic)
Land, area of ground.
ieg (Old English)
Island.
*awjōlandą (Proto-Germanic)
Island.
igland (Old English)
Island.
ealand (Old English)
ēaland (Old English)
ylond (Middle English)
iland (English)
island (English)
(transitive) To isolate.. (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.. (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island. (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.. (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by [...]