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Where does “holeġn” come from?

holeġn (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hulis, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

Ancestry of “holeġn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichulisholly
2Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

Words derived from “holeġn”

  • holy
  • wholly
  • Hollywood
  • holly
  • hollyhock
  • holily
  • holey
  • hooly
  • Hollywoodization
  • Hollywoodian
  • Hollywoodish
  • Hollywoodesque
  • hollylike
  • hollied
  • Hollywooder
  • Hollywoodize
  • nonholy
  • Hollywoodese
  • holinight
  • overholy
  • holier
  • pope-holy
  • Hollywood ugly
  • Holy Trinity
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