Where does “holler” come from?

holler (Middle High German) comes from Old High German holder, from Old High German holuntar, from Proto-West Germanic *holantr — elder tree.

Ancestry of “holler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanholder—
2Old High Germanholuntarelder
3Proto-West Germanic*holantrelder tree

Words derived from “holler”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *holantr →Every word from Old High German holuntar →Every word from Old High German holder →