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brotherliness (n.): Old English broðorlichnes; see brotherly + -ness.
brotherly (adj.): Old English broðorlic; see brother + -ly (1).
fatherland (n.): "one's native country," 1620s, from father (n.) + land (n.). In modern use often a loan-translation of German Vaterland, itself a loan-translation of Latin patria (terra), literally "father's land." Similar formation in Dutch vaderland, Danish fædreland, Swedish fädernesland. Late Old English/Middle English fæderland (c. 1100) meant "parental land, inheritance."
fatherless (adj.): Old English fæderleas; see father (n.) + -less. Similar formation in Dutch vaderloos, German vaterlos, Danish faderlös.
fatherly (adj.): Old English fæderlic "fatherly, paternal; ancestral;" see father (n.) + -ly (1). Similar formation in Dutch vaderlijk, German väterlich. Related: Fatherliness.
grandfatherly (adj.): 1824, from grandfather + -ly (1).
grandmotherly (adj.): 1811, from grandmother + -ly (1).
motherland (n.): 1711, from mother (n.1) + land (n.).
motherless (adj.): Old English moderleas; see mother (n.) + -less.
motherly (adj.): Old English modorlic "pertaining to a mother;" see mother (n.1) + -ly (1). Meaning "befitting a mother" is from mid-13c. Related: Motherliness.
Netherlands: from Dutch Nederland, literally "lower land" (see nether); said to have been used by the Austrians (who ruled much of the southern part of the Low Countries from 1713 to 1795), by way of contrast to the mountains they knew, but the name is older than this. The Netherlands formerly included Flanders and thus were equivalent geographically and etymologically to the Low Countries. Related: Netherlander; Netherlandish (c. 1600).
northerly (adj., adv.): 1550s, from northern + -ly (2) on pattern of easterly, westerly.
Sherlock: masc. proper name, literally "fair-haired," from Old English scir "bright" + locc "lock of hair." Slang for "private detective, perceptive person" (the latter often ironic) is attested from 1903, from A.C. Doyle's fictional character Sherlock Holmes (full name in this sense used from 1896; Holmes debuted in 1887 and was popular by 1892).
southerly: 1550s (adj.); 1570s (adv.); from southern + -ly. Related: Southerliness.