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Where does “hulha” come from?

hulha (Portuguese) comes from French houille, from Walloon hulhes, from Frankish hukila, from Proto-Indo-European kēwp-.

hulha (Portuguese): coal

Definitions

  1. coal

Ancestry of “hulha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhouillecoal
2Walloonhulhes—
3Frankishhukilapile, mound
4Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-—
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