English
Hotaling
Hotaling comes from Dutch hoog ‘high’, and goes back to Middle Dutch hooch.
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500hooch
- Dutchc. 1500–presenthoog‘high’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentHoogteijling
- EnglishtodayHotaling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500hooch
- Dutchc. 1500–presenthoog‘high’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentHoogteijling
- EnglishtodayHotaling
The story
Americanized spelling of Dutch Hoogteijling, an occupational surname for a productive farmer, from hoog (‘high’) + teling (‘cultivation, breeding’).
Every English word from Middle Dutch hooch
Today it means
name A surname from Dutch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Dutch hooch / Hotaling