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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Adjective
*hail
- healthy, sound
- whole
Inflection
a-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Nominative
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*hail
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Genitive
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*hailas
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*hail
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*hailu
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*hail
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Accusative
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*hailanā
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*hailā
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*hail
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Genitive
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*hailas
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*haileʀā
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*hailas
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Dative
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*hailumē
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*haileʀē
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*hailumē
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Instrumental
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*hailu
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*haileʀu
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*hailu
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*hailē
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*hailō
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*hailu
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Accusative
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*hailā
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*hailā
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*hailu
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Genitive
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*haileʀō
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*haileʀō
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*haileʀō
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Dative
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*hailēm, *hailum
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*hailēm, *hailum
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*hailēm, *hailum
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Instrumental
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*hailēm, *hailum
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*hailēm, *hailum
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*hailēm, *hailum
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Noun
*hail n
- omen, portent
Inflection
z-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*hail
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Genitive
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*hailiʀi
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*hail
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*hailiʀu
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Accusative
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*hail
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*hailiʀu
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Genitive
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*hailiʀi
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*hailiʀō
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Dative
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*hailiʀi
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*hailiʀum
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Instrumental
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*hailiʀi
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*hailiʀum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “PWGmc *hail”