köken: From Middle Dutch hoevel, huevel, hovel, huffel, from Old Dutch huvil, 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”). Cognate with Middle Low German hovel, Old High German hubil, Middle High German hübel, dialectal German Hübel, Luxembourgish Hiwwel. More distantly related…
köken: From Late Latin collīna, possibly through French colline or Italian collina, From the feminine of Latin collīnus, from collis (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“hill”), from *kelH-.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *gorà Old Polish góra Polish góra Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish górka From góra + -ka.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopьcь (“heap”), from *kopъ (see *kopa) + *-ьcь, akin to *kopati (“to dig”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kop-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to strike, beat”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Italic *kleiwos or *kloiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywós or *kloy-wo-, itself from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (Latin clīnō, English lean) + *-wós (Latin -vus).
köken: Inherited from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki (“bank; ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô (“bank, embankment; a hill”). Akin to English bank.