Where does “Hall” come from?

Hall (German) comes from Middle High German hal, from Middle High German hëllen, from Old High German hëllan, from Proto-Germanic hellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

Hall (German): echo, resonance, reverberation

Definitions

  1. echo, resonance, reverberation

Ancestry of “Hall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhal—
2Middle High Germanhëllento sound, to resound, to ring out; to echo
3Old High Germanhëllan—
4Proto-Germanichellanąto resound, make a sound
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hellaną →Every word from Old High German hëllan →