Where does “hagel” come from?

hagel (German) comes from Middle High German hagel, from Old High German hagal, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

hagel (German): hail

Definitions

  1. hail

Ancestry of “hagel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhagel—
2Old High Germanhagalhail
3Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail

Words derived from “hagel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haglaz →Every word from Old High German hagal →