Where does “hagle” come from?

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

hagle (Norwegian Bokmål): a shotgun; to hail

Definitions

  1. a shotgun; to hail

Ancestry of “hagle”, step by step

hagle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish hagl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhaglhail, hailstone; shot
2Old Norsehagl—
3Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail

via Danish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haglaz →Every word from Old Norse hagl →
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