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Where does “háls” come from?

háls (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

háls (Old Norse): neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship

Definitions

  1. neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship

Ancestry of “háls”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
2Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—
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