Mêtî

houle

Mane

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

swell (of water)

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ul/

Ji Middle French mîras hatiye girtin

houle

In summary

Inherited from Middle French houle (“swell”), probably from an Old Northern French *houle (“cavity, hole”, attested in modern dialects), itself from Old Norse hol (“cave, hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą, whence also English hole. The sense would derive from the bulges and hollows of the waves.