Where does “høl” come from?

høl (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hól, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

høl (Norwegian Bokmål): a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or...

Definitions

  1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or...

Ancestry of “høl”, step by step

høl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse hól

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehóla hole
2Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
3Proto-Germanichulazhollow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Old Norse hylr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehylrdeep place, pool in a river
2Proto-Germanichulwijądepression, hollow

Words derived from “høl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulą →