Where does “halen” come from?
halen (Galician) comes from Galician halar, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
halen (Galician): third-person plural present subjunctive of halar
Definitions
- third-person plural present subjunctive of halar
Ancestry of “halen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | halar | to haul |
| 2 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 3 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 4 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 5 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 7 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |