Where does “holt” come from?

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

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 *holt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*holt—

Words derived from “holt”

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