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Where does “hagl” come from?

hagl (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

hagl (Norwegian Bokmål): hail; a hailstone; shot pellets used as...

Definitions

  1. hail; a hailstone; shot pellets used as...

Ancestry of “hagl”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hagl”

  • haglgevær
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos →