Where does “holt” come from?

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

holt (Old Dutch): wood; tree; a wood, a forest

Definitions

  1. wood; tree; a wood, a forest

Ancestry of “holt”, step by step

holt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic holt

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

via Proto-Germanic hulþaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichulþazinclined, favourable; gracious, devoted, loyal;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “holt

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