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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Serkland en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Norse. The second element is clearly land (“land”). The first may be related to Saracen (compare Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós), showing the /k/) or may be serkr (“sark, gown”) in reference to the clothing worn by the people of the region.

Meanings

  1. (historical, in translations of Norse sagas and runestones) The Abbasid caliphate.
    • He died in Serkland.