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
- A small piece of woodland; a wooded hill
Ancestry of “holt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | holt | wood |
| 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 “holt”