Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/holōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”).

Verb

*holōn

1. to call, appoint, summon
2. to fetch, get

Inflection

Derived terms

• *gaholōn
  • Old English: ġeholian
    • Middle English: holen
  • Old High German: *giholōn
    • Middle High German: geholen, geholn
      • ⇒ Middle High German: ūzgeholen, ūzgeholn

Related terms

• *halōn

Descendants

• Old English: *holian
  • Middle English: holen
• Old High German: holōn, (holēn)
  • Middle High German: holen, holn
    • Bavarian: hoin
    • German: holen
    • Luxembourgish: huelen

References

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hulōną. Equivalent to *hol (“hollow”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*holōn

1. to hollow out, to make hollow

Inflection

Derived terms

• *þurhholōn

Descendants

• Old English: holian
  • Middle English: holen
    • English: hole
    • Scots: hole, hoil, hoill
• Old Frisian: *holia
  • Saterland Frisian: höölje, holje
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: uuthöölje, uutholje
• Old Saxon: *holōn
  • Middle Low German: hōlen, halen, hȫlen
    • German Low German: höhlen
      • ⇒ German Low German: uthöhlen
• Old Dutch: *holon
  • Middle Dutch: holen
    • Dutch: holen (obsolete), hollen (backformed to the adjective)
• Old High German: holōn
  • Middle High German: holen, holn, höln
    • German: höhlen
  • ⇒ Old High German: ūzholōn
    • Middle High German: ūzholen, ūzholn
      • German: aushöhlen