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Where does “hul-” come from?

hul- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Ancestry of “hul-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “hul-”

  • hull
  • huller
  • monohull
  • hully
  • multihull
  • dehuller
  • dehull
  • twinhull
  • soyhull
  • hul
  • hulu
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