Where does “Hull” come from?

Hull (French) comes from English Hull, from Middle English hul, from Old English hulu, from Proto-Germanic hul-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Hull (French): a placename

Definitions

  1. a placename

Ancestry of “Hull”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHullA placename
2Middle Englishhulseed covering
3Old Englishhuluseed covering
4Proto-Germanichul-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “Hull”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hul- →Every word from Old English hulu →