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): singular imperative of hallen; first-person...

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of hallen; first-person...

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

Words derived from “hall”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →
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