hull English · revision 13176

− It is Middle English hol, hulle, [[inh|ang|hulu|t=husk, pod]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from the base of Old English helan, to cover,^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from Proto-Germanic *hulu-,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) source also of Old High German hulla, covering (German [[m|de|Hülle]]), and hulsa, husk (German [[m|de|Hülse]]), and Dutch huls,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*kel-|t=to cover, conceal]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) See [[hell]].^(MWU 2024)

− It is of uncertain origin.^(Barnhart 1988) It is usually said to be the same word as hull, a husk, from a fancied resemblance of a ship to an open peapod;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) compare Latin carina, keel, originally a nutshell, and French coque, ship's hull, eggshell.^(Etymonline) The alternative is Middle English hoole, a ship's keel (about 1440, in the Promptorium Parvulorum), probably from the same source as [[hold]], the interior of a ship,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) or perhaps a noun use of hol, hollow.^(Hoad 1986)