Etymograph

English

hillstream

From hill + stream.

A compound of hill + stream

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

Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’

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Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English streem

English stream

Today it means

noun A swiftly-flowing stream, typically one that runs down a hillside

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

Etymograph / hillstream