English

hillwoman

From hill + woman.

A compound of hill + woman

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

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A woman belonging to a hilltribe.

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

Etymograph / hillwoman