English

hillwalker

From hill + walker.

A compound of hill + walker

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

Middle English walkere ‘one who walks’

Today it means

noun A person who takes part in hillwalking.

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

Etymograph / hillwalker