Where does “Zuid-Holland” come from?

Zuid-Holland (Dutch) comes from Dutch Holland, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.

Zuid-Holland (Dutch): South Holland, a province of the Netherlands

Definitions

  1. South Holland, a province of the Netherlands

Ancestry of “Zuid-Holland”, step by step

Zuid-Holland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Holland

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchHollandin [[patriot
2Old Dutchholtwood; tree; a wood, a forest
3Proto-West Germanicholtwoods, forest; wood
4Proto-Germanichultąwood
5Proto-Indo-Europeankald-
6Proto-Indo-Europeankola-

via Dutch zuid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzuidsouth; southwards
2Old Dutchsūth
3Proto-West Germanic*sunþrsouthern, southernly
4Proto-Germanicsunþrąsouth; south, southward
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “Zuid-Holland

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola-