English
funkhole
From funk + hole; see funk (“cowardice”).
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’
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Vulgar Latin fūmicāre
Old Northern French fungier ‘to smoke’
French funquer
French dialectal
English funk
Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’
Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’
Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’
Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’
Middle English hole
English hole
Today it means
noun A foxhole.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / funkhole