Where does “holt” come from?

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

holt (Old English): wood

Definitions

  1. wood

Ancestry of “holt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “holt”

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