Where does “hōlijan” come from?

hōlijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic hōlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l-.

hōlijan (Proto-West Germanic): to speak vainly; to calumniate, slander

Definitions

  1. to speak vainly; to calumniate, slander

Ancestry of “hōlijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichōlijanąto speak vainly; to calumniate, slander
2Proto-Indo-European*ḱeh₁l-—

Words derived from “hōlijan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōlijaną →