Where does “Brennholt” come from?

Brennholt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Holt, from Middle Low German holt, from Old Saxon holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.

Brennholt (Plautdietsch): firewood

Definitions

  1. firewood

Ancestry of “Brennholt”, step by step

Brennholt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Holt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHoltwood
2Middle Low Germanholt—
3Old Saxonholt—
4Proto-West Germanicholtwoods, forest; wood
5Proto-Germanichultąwood
6Proto-Indo-Europeankald-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankola-—

via Plautdietsch brennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschbrennen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kald- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hultą →