الأندلس

الْأَنْدَلُس (name)

Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *wandōną
Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.?
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.?
Proto-Germanic *-ilaz
Proto-Germanic *wandilazbor.
Vulgar Latin *Vandaliciabor.
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Vulgar Latin *Vandaliciabor.
Vandalic *Wandalitiabor.?
Arabic الأندلس
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *Vandalicia (“land of the Vandals”), or possibly from Vandalic *Wandalitia (“land of the Vandals”) (or *Vandalitia) of the same Latin source, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz. Alternatively, Halm (1989) suggests it may derive from (unattested) Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (*landahlauts), from 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land, “land”) + 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (hlauts, “allotment, inheritance”).

Meaning: the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim control; al-Andalus

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