Where does “hulă” come from?

hulă (Romanian) comes from French houle, from Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

hulă (Romanian): blasphemy

Definitions

  1. blasphemy

Ancestry of “hulă”, step by step

hulă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French houle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhouleswell
2Old Norseholcave, hole; hole
3Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
4Proto-Germanichulazhollow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Hungarian hulla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhullacorpse; exhausted, shattered
2Hungarianhullto fall; to flow; to fall out
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickulɜ-—

via Old Church Slavonic хоула

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicхоулаcriticism, condemnation, rebuke
2Proto-Slavicxulaunjust vilification, verbal offence → blasphemy (in religion)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulą →