Where does “hagel” come from?
hagel (Swedish) comes from Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.
hagel (Swedish): hail; a kind of weather; a hail; a grain of the...
Definitions
- hail; a kind of weather; a hail; a grain of the...
Ancestry of “hagel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | hagl | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | haglaz | hail; name of the H-rune |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰlos | pebble, hail |