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: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Latin collis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin colliculus From collis + -culus.
köken: From Paleo-Hispanic, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bn̥dʰéh₂, from zero-grade form of *bendʰ- (“pin, point”).
From Old Galician-Portuguese outeiro, probably from Latin altārium, or a derivative, with the suffix -eiro, of an unattested Old Galician-Portuguese *outo, from Latin altus (“high”) (see alto). Cognate with Galician outeiro and Spanish otero. Doublet of altar.