Where does “hægl” come from?

hægl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

hægl (Old English): hail; the runic character ᚻ

Definitions

  1. hail; the runic character ᚻ

Ancestry of “hægl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hagl—
2Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail

Words derived from “hægl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haglaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hagl →