Shetlander

Shetlander

English

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English Shetland
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English Shetlander

    From Shetland + -er.

    Adjective

    Shetlander (not comparable)

    1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) From, or related to, the Shetland Islands.

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    Noun

    Shetlander (plural Shetlanders)

    1. A native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.
      • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 260:
        The Shetlanders belieee in two kinds of Trows, as they call the Scandinavian Trolls, those of the land and those of the sea.

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