Where does “Holt” come from?

Holt (Plautdietsch) comes 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-.

Holt (Plautdietsch): wood

Definitions

  1. wood

Ancestry of “Holt”, step by step

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