English

Hiller

From hill + -er, given to people who lived by a hill.

Formed from hill + -er

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’

Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’

Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’

Old English hyll ‘hill’

Middle English hil ‘hill’

English hill

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.