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Where does “hillcrest” come from?

hillcrest (English) comes from English Hill, from Middle English hil, 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.

hillcrest (English): The crest of a hill

Definitions

  1. The crest of a hill

Ancestry of “hillcrest”, step by step

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