Where does “hals” come from?

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

hals (Middle Dutch): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “hals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhals
2Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
3Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos

Words derived from “hals

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos
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