Estland
Afrikaans
Danish
Dutch Low Saxon
Faroese
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.
Pronunciation
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Descendants
- Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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