Where does “хала” come from?
хала (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German halle, from Middle High German halle, from Old High German halla, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu, from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
хала (Serbo-Croatian): hall; WC, water closet; toilet
Definitions
- hall; WC, water closet; toilet
Ancestry of “хала”, step by step
хала traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German halle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | halle | inflection of hallen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | halle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | halla | — |
| 4 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 5 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 6 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |