Where does “hout” come from?

hout (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.

hout (Middle Dutch): wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree

Definitions

  1. wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree

Ancestry of “hout”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hout”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →