Where does “holihocke” come from?

holihocke (Middle English) comes from Middle English holi, from Old English hāliġ, from Proto-West Germanic hailag, from Proto-Germanic hailagaz, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

Ancestry of “holihocke”, step by step

holihocke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English holi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishholiAlternative form of holy
2Old Englishhāliġholy
3Proto-West Germanichailagholy, sacred
4Proto-Germanichailagazholy, sacred
5Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via Middle English hocke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhocke—
2Old Englishhōchook
3Proto-West Germanichōk—
4Proto-Germanichōkazhook
5Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—

Words derived from “holihocke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailagaz →
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