Where does “hagel” come from?

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

hagel (Middle Dutch): hail; hail storm

Definitions

  1. hail; hail storm

Ancestry of “hagel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhagalhail
2Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail

Words derived from “hagel”

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