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“hallo”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
German
Etymology
Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High Germanholā, emphatic imperative of holōn(“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”), from Proto-West Germanic*holōn(“to fetch”). Also see Frenchholà(“hey! stop!”).