hola

Significado (English)

hallo, hoi

oye

hé

hela

Frecuencia

Inherited from neerlandés medio

Cognate with Middle Low German

Cognate with alto alemán medio

In summary

From Late Middle Dutch hola (“wait up!, hold on!, calm down!”), which also had the dialectal form holla; compare Middle Low German hola!, holda! (interjection), Middle High German holā! (interjection), of obscure origin. Possibly from the imperative of Middle Dutch halen, *holen (“to fetch”) (> dialectal holen), or possibly from Old French holà (“hey!”), from ho (“hold!, halt!, stop!”) + là (“there”).