Where does “hâl khalh” come from?
hâl khalh (Mizo) comes from Turkish hâl, from French halle, from Middle French halle, from Old French hale, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu, from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
hâl khalh (Mizo): to do a controlled burn (to burn away fuel before a larger fire can reach it)
Definitions
- to do a controlled burn (to burn away fuel before a larger fire can reach it)
Ancestry of “hâl khalh”, step by step
hâl khalh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish hâl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | hâl | state; position, situation; grammatical case |
| 2 | French | halle | hall; covered market or similar building |
| 3 | Middle French | halle | — |
| 4 | Old French | hale | — |
| 5 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 6 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 7 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via Mizo khalh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mizo | khalh | — |