English
holster
Holster comes from Dutch holster ‘pistol-case, holster’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hulastrą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulastrą‘hull, case, covering’reconstructed
- Old Saxonc. 800–1200*holsterreconstructed
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600holster
- Low GermanmodernHolster
- Dutchc. 1500–presentholster‘pistol-case, holster’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulastrą‘hull, case, covering’reconstructed
- Old Saxonc. 800–1200*holsterreconstructed
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600holster
- Low GermanmodernHolster
- Dutchc. 1500–presentholster‘pistol-case, holster’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834same form
Earliest quotation: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “Goring, like himself, had sprang forwards, first snatching a…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *hulastrą
Today it means
noun A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hulastrą / holster