Where does “Hal” come from?

Hal (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German helle, from Old Saxon hel, from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

Hal (Plautdietsch): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “Hal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhelle—
2Old Saxonhelhell; whole, hale; omen
3Proto-West Germanichailhealthy, sound; whole; omen, portent
4Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “Hal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hail →