English
holme
Holme comes from Old Norse holmr, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hulmaz ‘small island, hill, mound’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulmaz‘small island, hill, mound’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350holmr
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500holm‘an island’
- Englishtodayholme
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulmaz‘small island, hill, mound’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350holmr
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500holm‘an island’
- Englishtodayholme
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelH- ‘to rise’
hill, excellent, colonel, excellence, column, hale, excellency, culmination, excelsior, culminate, colonnade, columella, 8 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hulmaz / holme