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Where does “Ollainn” come from?

Ollainn (Irish) 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-.

Ollainn (Irish): Holland

Definitions

  1. Holland

Ancestry of “Ollainn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchHolland—
2Old Dutchholtwood; tree; a wood, a forest
3Proto-West Germanicholtwoods, forest; wood
4Proto-Germanichultąwood
5Proto-Indo-Europeankald-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankola-—

Words derived from “Ollainn”

  • Ollainnis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →