Where does “yalın hâl” come from?
yalın hâl (Turkish) comes from Turkish hâl, from French halle, from Middle French halle, from Old French hale, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu, from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
yalın hâl (Turkish): nominative case
Definitions
- nominative case
Ancestry of “yalın hâl”, step by step
yalın hâl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish hâl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | hâl | state; position, situation; grammatical case |
| 2 | French | halle | hall; covered market or similar building |
| 3 | Middle French | halle | — |
| 4 | Old French | hale | — |
| 5 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 6 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 7 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |