English
Hill
Hill comes from Old English hild ‘battle’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hildiz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hildiz‘battle, fight’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hildi‘battle, fight’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hild‘battle’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Hill
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hildiz‘battle, fight’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hildi‘battle, fight’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hild‘battle’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Hill
Earliest quotation: 2015, Nate Chinen, Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the J: “Ms. Davis — who at different points in the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- ‘to hit, strike’
clerk, coup, clergy, holt, holly, cleric, calamity, gladiator, calamitous, clematis, clade, gladiolus, 30 more
Today it means
name Capitol Hill; the US Congress
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hildiz / Hill