hollow
English
/ˈhɒl.əʊ/, /ˈhɑ.loʊ/, /hɑlɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A small valley between mountains.
- A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
- (US) A sunken area.
- (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English holow inherited from Old English holh (a hollow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *halhwaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelḱwos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱelḱwos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earth English
- eyed English
- fiber English
- fibre English
- hearted English
- hollow earther English
- hollow-eyed English
- hollower English
- holloweth English
- hollowfiber English
- hollowfibre English
- hollowhearted English
- hollowheartedly English
- hollowheartedness English
- hollowly English
- hollowness English
- hollowware English
- hollowwort English
- nonhollow English
- semihollow English
- wort English
- *ḱelḱwos Proto-Indo-European
- *halhwaz Proto-Germanic
- *hulwiją Proto-Germanic
- holh Old English
- holgh Middle English
- holow Middle English
- hol Old High German
- Heeli Alemannic German
- hol Alemannic German