Where does “halló” come from?
halló (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hallærislegur, from Icelandic -legur, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
halló (Icelandic): cheesy, shabby; hello, good day; a salutation...
Definitions
- cheesy, shabby; hello, good day; a salutation...
Ancestry of “halló”, step by step
halló traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic hallærislegur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hallærislegur | old-fashioned, ill-befitting |
| 2 | Icelandic | -legur | -ly |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Danish hallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hallo | hello; n hello |
| 2 | Middle High German | haln | to fetch |
| 3 | Old High German | holōn | to get, fetch; to fetch, used especially in... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *holōn | to call, appoint, summon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hulōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |