English

Holbert

Holbert comes from Proto-Germanic *Hulþaberhtaz.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of *hulþaz ‘favourable, gracious, loyal’ + *berhtaz ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to lean, incline, bend’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-tó-s

Proto-Germanic *hulþaz ‘favourable, gracious, loyal’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s

Proto-Germanic *berhtaz ‘bright’

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Hulþaberhtaz

name A surname.

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