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
- wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree
Ancestry of “hout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |
Words derived from “hout”