Where does “hill” come from?

Hill comes from Old English hyll, from Proto-Germanic hulliz, from Proto-Indo-European kolən-, from Proto-Indo-European kelH-.

hill (English): An elevated location smaller than a mountain; A...

Definitions

  1. An elevated location smaller than a mountain; A...

Ancestry of “hill”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hill”

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