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

  1. hail; a kind of weather; a hail; a grain of the...

Ancestry of “hagel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehagl
2Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail

Words derived from “hagel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlosEvery word from Proto-Germanic haglazEvery word from Old Norse hagl