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Holts
Holts comes from German Holz ‘wood (material)’, from Proto-West Germanic *holt ‘woods, forest’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hultą ‘wood’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hultą‘wood’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*holt‘woods, forest’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050holz‘wood’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentHolzas Holtz‘wood (material)’
- EnglishtodayHolts
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hultą‘wood’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*holt‘woods, forest’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050holz‘wood’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentHolzas Holtz‘wood (material)’
- EnglishtodayHolts
The story
Americanized spelling of German Holtz.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- ‘to beat, break’
clerk, coup, clergy, cleric, holly, calamity, gladiator, calamitous, clematis, clade, gladiolus, 31 more
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hultą / Holts