holm

holm · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hulmaz“rising ground, hill, island”
2. Old Norse · derived fromholmr
3. Old English · inherited fromholm“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”
4. Middle English · inherited fromholm
5. English todayholm

From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.

holm · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromholm
2. English todayholm

From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.

Holm · proper noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hulmaz
2. Old Norse · derived fromholmr
3. Low German · derived fromholm
4. English todayHolm

* As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis.

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