Etymograph

English

Hodder

Hodder comes from Old English hod ‘hood’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hōdaz ‘shelter’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hōdaz‘shelter’next step skipped: Proto-Brythonic *duβr
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hōdreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hod‘hood’
  4. EnglishtodayHodder

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hōdaz‘shelter’next step skipped: Proto-Brythonic *duβr
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hōdreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hod‘hood’
  4. EnglishtodayHodder

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- ‘to cover, protect’

heed, 3 more

through Old English hod ‘hood’

hut, hood, 1 more

Today it means

name An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hōdaz / Hodder

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