Where does “hayl” come from?

hayl (Middle English) comes from Old English hæġl, from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

hayl (Middle English): hail

Definitions

  1. hail

Ancestry of “hayl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhæġlhail
2Proto-West Germanic*hagl—
3Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haglaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hagl →