Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hallō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolnó-, *ḱelnó- (“room”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱol-, *ḱel- (“to hide, cover, conceal, protect”). Cognate with Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *helaną (“to hide, conceal”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈxal.lɔː/

*hallō f

1. hall

• *haljō
• *helaną

• Proto-West Germanic: *hallu
  • Old English: heall
    • Middle English: halle, hall, hal, hale, alle, hawle, haule
      • English: hall (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: haw
      • Yola: haul
  • Old Frisian: *hall, *hell
    • Saterland Frisian: Halle
    • West Frisian: hille
  • Old Saxon: halla
    • Middle Low German: halle
      • German Low German: Hall
      • Low German: Hall
  • Old Dutch: *halla
    • Middle Dutch: halle
      • Dutch: hal
  • Old High German: halla
    • Middle High German: halle
      • German: Halle
      • Luxembourgish: Hal
      • → Italian: alla
  • → Medieval Latin: halla (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚨᛚᚢ (*halu)
  • Old Norse: hǫll
    • Icelandic: höll
    • Faroese: høll
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hall
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
    • Old Swedish: hal
      • Swedish: hall
    • Danish: hal