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English word hill comes from Proto-Indo-European *koləm-, Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, and later Proto-Germanic *hulliz (Hill.)
*koləm- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kelH- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kl̥Hnís (Proto-Indo-European)
*hulliz (Proto-Germanic)
Hill.
hyll (Old English)
Hill.
hill (Middle English)
hill (English)
(US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.. (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.. (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.. A sloping road.. An elevated location smaller than a mountain. To form into a heap or mound.. To heap or draw earth around plants.