English
Hole
Hole comes from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją ‘depression, hollow’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱel-‘to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulwiją‘depression, hollow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hulwīreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150holh
- EnglishtodayHole
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱel-‘to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulwiją‘depression, hollow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hulwīreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150holh
- EnglishtodayHole
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip’
hell, cell, hall, color, ceiling, hull, helmet, halt, helm, holder, conceal, hollow, occult, clandestine, sari, holden, uphold, sala, cilia, recline, declination, haugh, declension, tricolour, seel, halberd, hele, holing, 38 more
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- / Hole