Where does “hlāw” come from?

hlāw (Old English) comes from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

hlāw (Old English): burial mound; hill, ound; mound

Definitions

  1. burial mound; hill, ound; mound

Ancestry of “hlāw”, step by step

hlāw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
2Proto-West Germanictūnfence
3Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
4Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Proto-Germanic *hlaiw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hlaiw—
2Proto-Germanichlaiwazshelter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “hlāw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →