Etymograph

English

hillslope

From hill + slope.

A compound of hill + slope

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’

Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’

Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’

Old English hyll ‘hill’

Middle English hil ‘hill’

English hill

Today it means

noun A slope of a hill.

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

Etymograph / hillslope