Hiwwel

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German hüvel, northern variant of hübel, from Old High German *huvil, *hubil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz. Cognate with dialectal German Hübel and Old Dutch huvil, whence Dutch heuvel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhivel/, [ˈhivəl]

Noun

Hiwwel m (plural Hiwwelen)

  1. hill

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hübel, from Old High German *hubil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”), see also Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip”), *hufą (“elevated place, hill”).[1] Compare German Hübel.

Noun

Hiwwel m (plural Hiwwel)

  1. hill
  2. knoll

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “588-92”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 588-92
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