Etymograph

English

Hochul

Hochul comes from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ ‘crest, topknot, tuft of hair or feathers’.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xoxolъ‘crest, topknot, tuft of hair or feathers’reconstructed
  2. PolishmodernChochół
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2024Hochul

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xoxolъ‘crest, topknot, tuft of hair or feathers’reconstructed
  2. PolishmodernChochół
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2024Hochul

Earliest quotation: 2024, Zenebou Sylla: “In a statement shared with CNN late Saturday, Hochul…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kes- ‘to comb, scratch’

hair, herring, hards, xylem, xylitol, 8 more

Today it means

name A surname from Polish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ / Hochul