Where does “jalón” come from?
jalón (Spanish) comes from Spanish jalar, from Spanish halar, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
jalón (Spanish): milestone
Definitions
- milestone
Ancestry of “jalón”, step by step
jalón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish jalar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | jalar | to pull |
| 2 | Spanish | halar | to haul, to pull; to pull, to tug |
| 3 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 4 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 5 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 6 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 8 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via French jalon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jalon | a pole marking the border of a field or a road;... |
| 2 | French | jaillir | to spurt out, gush forth; to spring out; to... |
| 3 | Latin | galīre | — |
| 4 | Gaulish | gali- | boil, gush, well up |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷel- | throat; to swallow; throat; to dribble; gush... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |