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Estland
Estland
Faroese
Proper noun
Estland
Declension
n8 -land | Singular |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Estland |
Accusative | |
Dative | Estlandi |
Genitive | Estlands |
German
Etymology
Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.
Proper noun
Estland
Related terms
Descendants
- Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)
References
- Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Estland