Where does “holt” come from?

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

holt (Middle English): A small piece of woodland; a wooded hill

Definitions

  1. A small piece of woodland; a wooded hill

Ancestry of “holt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “holt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kald- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hultą →