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.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

*holōn^[1]

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

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

• *halōn

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

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

*holōn

1. to hollow out, to make hollow

• *þurhholōn

• 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