hål

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a hole (in the ground)
  • a hole, an opening in something solid
  • a hole, a weakness, a flaw
  • a hole (in a tooth)
  • (golf) a hole, a part of a golf course or game leading up to a hole
  • (physics) a hole; in semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish hul derived from Old Norse hol (hole, cave) derived from Proto-Germanic *hulą (hollow space, hole, cavity, hollow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kuH-

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