Where does “hail” come from?
hail (Scots) comes from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic hail, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.
hail (Scots): whole; free or recovered from disease, healthy,...
Definitions
- whole; free or recovered from disease, healthy,...
Ancestry of “hail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | hāl | healthy, safe; whole |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hail | healthy, sound; whole; omen, portent |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | — |
Words derived from “hail”