Where does “holte” come from?

holte (Dutch) comes from Dutch hout, from Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.

holte (Dutch): cavity, hole, hollow

Definitions

  1. cavity, hole, hollow

Ancestry of “holte”, step by step

holte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hout

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhoutwood; particular kind of wood; piece of wood,...
2Middle Dutchhoutwood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree
3Old Dutchholtwood; tree; a wood, a forest
4Proto-West Germanicholtwoods, forest; wood
5Proto-Germanichultąwood
6Proto-Indo-Europeankald-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankola-—

via Dutch hol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchholA hole, hollow, cavity; A cargo hold; An anus,...
2Middle Dutchhol—
3Old Dutchhol—
4Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
5Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
6Proto-Germanichulazhollow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “holte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →