Where does “haglgevær” come from?
haglgevær (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hagl, from Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.
haglgevær (Norwegian Bokmål): a shotgun
Ancestry of “haglgevær”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hagl | hail; a hailstone; shot pellets used as... |
| 2 | Old Norse | hagl | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haglaz | hail; name of the H-rune |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰlos | pebble, hail |