Where does “hals” come from?

hals (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch hals, from Old Dutch hals, from Proto-West Germanic hals, from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

hals (Dutch): Front side of the neck; throat; Neck

Definitions

  1. Front side of the neck; throat; Neck

Ancestry of “hals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhalsneck
2Old Dutchhals—
3Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
4Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

Words derived from “hals”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →