Westfalen.
Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)
Meaning & usage
Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)
Where this word comes from
The first component of the name is from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”); the second component is less clear but maybe comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, field”), the same root as Feld. The name Westfalai m pl was first mentioned in the Franconian Imperial Annals of 775 as the name of a subtribe of the Saxons (Saxones m pl). (Two other Saxon subtribes mentioned in the same source were Angrarii m pl and Austreleudi Saxones.) In the 10th century, there was also the placename pagus Westfalon m (“district/region Westfalon”).
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