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
- wood; tree; a wood, a forest
Ancestry of “holt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |
Words derived from “holt”