Where does “Holthaka” come from?

Holthaka (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-.

Holthaka (Plautdietsch): woodcutter

Definitions

  1. woodcutter

Ancestry of “Holthaka”, step by step

Holthaka 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 Haka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHakahoer
2Plautdietsch-a—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kald- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hultą →