Where does “Hals” come from?

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

Hals (German): neck; throat

Definitions

  1. neck; throat

Ancestry of “Hals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhals—
2Old High Germanhalsneck
3Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
4Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

Words derived from “Hals”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hals →
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