Where does “mondholte” come from?
mondholte (Dutch) comes from Dutch holte, 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-.
mondholte (Dutch): oral cavity
Definitions
- oral cavity
Ancestry of “mondholte”, step by step
mondholte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch holte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | holte | cavity, hole, hollow |
| 2 | Dutch | hout | wood; particular kind of wood; piece of wood,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hout | wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree |
| 4 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |