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Where does “hagal” come from?

hagal (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

hagal (Old Saxon): hail; hailstorm; the runic character ᚻ

Definitions

  1. hail; hailstorm; the runic character ᚻ

Ancestry of “hagal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail
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