Where does “Hiller” come from?

Hiller comes from English hill with the agent suffix -er, tracing back through Old French -er, Latin -āre and -ārius, to Proto-Italic -os, forming an agent noun meaning one who works with hills.

Hiller (English): A poor rural person

Definitions

  1. A poor rural person

Ancestry of “Hiller”, step by step

Hiller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHilla surname
2Middle Englishhilhill
3Old Englishhyllhill
4Albanianhullifurrow
5Proto-Germanichullizhill
6Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
7Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH-
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