Where does “Empfangshalle” come from?

Empfangshalle (German) comes from German halle, from Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu, from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

Empfangshalle (German): headhouse, station building

Definitions

  1. headhouse, station building

Ancestry of “Empfangshalle”, step by step

Empfangshalle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German halle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhalleinflection of hallen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanhalle
3Old High Germanhalla
4Frankishhallularge room, hall; hall
5Finnishhaludesire; urge, itch
6Finnishhalatato hug, embrace; to want
7Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via German Empfang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEmpfangreception; receipt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁-
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