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Word Origins

Words starting with h

WordOrigins
highlands

-noun

Indian Tamil tharrai means 'earth'.

ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is tharr.

Spanish tierras ‘highlands’ derives from it.
hill

-noun

Indian Sanskrit giri means ‘mountain’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) gora, gores’ derive from it.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.

Russian gora also derives from it.

Polish gora ‘mountain’ also derives from it.
hollow

-noun

Indian Urdu qamra means ‘room’.

German die Kammer ‘hollow’ derives from it.
holy

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit santh means ‘holy’, ‘virtuous’.

euskara (Basque) santu ‘holy’ derives from it.

home

-noun

Indian Tamil kudichai means ‘hut’.

Russian dacha derives from it.

Gaelic dachaigh also derives from it.
homeland

-noun

Indian Tamil tharrai means 'earth'

ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is tharr.

Ladino (Language of Sephardic [wandering] Jews in Europe) tierra natal ‘homeland’ derives from it.

Sephardic (pronounced as sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’.
honey

-noun

Indian Brahui hanen means ‘sweet’.

English honey derives from it.
hood

-noun

Indian Kannada hede means ‘head’.

English hood ’covering for the head’ derives from it.
hope

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is ich’chai. ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns.

Indian Sanskrit word is ich’chaa.

euskara (Basque) itxaro (pronounced as icharo) derives from above Indian words.
horse

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu jaldi means ‘fast’, ‘quick’.

euskara (Basque) zaldi ‘horse’ derives from it.

Spanish zaldi (a breed of horse) also derives from it.

hour

-noun

Spanish word for it is hora.

English hour derives from it.
hour

-noun

Spanish word for it is hora.

English hour derives from it.
housekeeper

-noun

Indian Tamil amma means ‘mother’.

Ladino ama ‘housekeeper’ derives from it.

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ’travel’
how much

-interrogative

Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is kithnaa.

Spanish cuanto (pronounced as kwanto) derives from it.
human

human being -noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu aadmi means ’man‘.

 Ladino adam. ‘human being’ derives from it.

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ’travel’.
humane

-adjective

Indian Hindi/Urdu aadmi means ’man’.

Ladino benadam ‘humane‘ derives from it..

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ’travel’.

humaneness

-noun

Indian Urdu aadaab means ‘culture’, ‘manners’.

Arabic adab ‘humanness’ derives from it.

d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this.

humanity

-noun

Indian Urdu aadaab means ‘culture’, ‘manners’.

Arabic adab ‘humanity’ derives from it.

d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this.

Hun

-noun

Indian Hunha was a warrior tribe.

nh is our simple symbol for one of the cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages.

Try to pronounce n with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since English does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

English Hun derives from it.

Germans also were called Huns
hunger

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is bookh.

Romany (language of European gypsies) bokh derives from it.

hunger

-noun

Spanish word for it is hambre.

English hunger derives from it.
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