Where does “hollandaise” come from?
hollandaise (English) comes from French hollandaise, from French hollandais, from French Hollande, from Dutch Holland, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-.
hollandaise (English): Hollandaise sauce
Ancestry of “hollandaise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | hollandaise | feminine singular of hollandais |
| 2 | French | hollandais | Dutch, from or pertaining to The Netherlands;... |
| 3 | French | Hollande | Holland, the Netherlands |
| 4 | Dutch | Holland | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |