Where does “hills” come from?
Hill comes from Middle English hill, Old English hyll, Proto-Germanic hulliz, and Proto-Indo-European kelH-, ultimately from a root meaning to rise or swell.
hills (English): plural of hill; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of hill; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “hills”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hill | An elevated location smaller than a mountain; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | hill | — |
| 3 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 4 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |