Where does “hals” come from?

hals (Danish) comes from Old Norse háls, from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

hals (Danish): throat; neck; indefinite genitive singular of hal

Definitions

  1. throat; neck; indefinite genitive singular of hal

Ancestry of “hals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehálsneck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship
2Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

Words derived from “hals”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halsaz →Every word from Old Norse háls →
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