must keep the "H"
It is the only exampla of a silent letter in the german language, extant, that I know of.
It is because th word pre-dates the Duden, the german language guide, and is actually old german.
It means "The other valley." Which is aprropos this discussion, because the folks in the other valley - over the next hill - were considered another species, not human, etc.
apropos - geez, my spelling really does suck. LOL.
My anthropology professor insisted we use the no "H" version. He might be watching.