Where does “Hollande” come from?
Hollande (French) comes from Dutch Holland, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.
Hollande (French): Holland, the Netherlands
Ancestry of “Hollande”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | Holland | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |
Words derived from “Hollande”