hyll

• hyj

possibly from Proto-Albanian *hĭwĭd-lʉh (“water snake”), from older Proto-Albanian *hud-lós from Proto-Indo-European udlós. from indo european *wed- (“water”) +‎ *-lós (“belonging to”) possibly related to Illyrian *hud-lo (“Hullur”), endonym for Illyrians who considered snakes as dieties as Illyrios, son of Cadmus and Harmonia, swam to Illyria as water snakes.[1][2]

hyll m (indefinite plural hyje, definite singular hylli, definite plural hyjet)

1. (archaic) God

From a Germanic root *holana-, related to Middle Low German holder, holdern, and German Holunder.

hyll m (definite singular hyllen, indefinite plural hyller, definite plural hyllene)

1. an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

• hyllebær

• “hyll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hyll” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From a Germanic root *holana-, related to Middle Low German holder, holdern, and German Holunder.

hyll m (definite singular hyllen, indefinite plural hyllar, definite plural hyllane)

1. an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

• hyllebær

• “hyll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *hulliz.

• IPA^(key): /xyll/, [hyɫ]

hyll f

1. hill

This word is also sometimes masculine:

• Middle English: hil, hyl, hille, hylle, hul, hulle, helle
  • English: hill
  • Scots: hill, hull
  • Yola: hele, hile, hill

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨ̞ɬ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɪɬ/

hyll (feminine singular hell, plural hyllion, equative hylled or cyn hyll, comparative hyllach or mwy hyll, superlative hyllaf or mwyaf hyll, not mutable)

1. ugly

• diolwr
• hagr
• salw

• hardd
• pert
• teg
• tlws