Where does “hale” come from?

hale (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn, from Proto-Germanic halōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

hale (Norwegian Bokmål): a tail; to haul, heave, pull; to drag

Definitions

  1. a tail; to haul, heave, pull; to drag

Ancestry of “hale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehala—
2Middle Low Germanhalen—
3Old Saxonhalōnto get
4Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
5Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “hale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic halōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic halōn →
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