Where does “Hillsdale” come from?
Hillsdale (English) comes from English hills, from English hill, from Middle English hill, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz, from Proto-Indo-European kl̥Hnís, from Proto-Indo-European kelH- — to rise, to be tall; hill.
Ancestry of “Hillsdale”, step by step
Hillsdale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hills
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hills | plural of hill; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | hill | An elevated location smaller than a mountain; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | hill | — |
| 4 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 5 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |