*hallō

Runic: ᚺᚨᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑl.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

hall

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *ḱol-n-éh₂, from a Proto-Indo-European n-stem meaning “storeroom” or “main room of a house”, whence perhaps also Latin cella (‘room, cell’), derived from the root *ḱel- (‘to hide, cover, conceal, protect’) (whence Proto-Germanic *helaną (‘to hide, conceal’)). Further cognate with Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā) (śā́lā, ‘house, mansion, hall’), Old Irish cuile (‘storeroom, kitchen’) and possibly Ancient Greek καλῑᾱ́ (kalīā́) (kalīā́, ‘hut; granary’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hallō	hallôz
Acc.	hallǭ	hallōz
Gen.	hallōz	hallǫ̂
Dat.	hallōi	hallōmaz
Inst.	hallō	hallōmiz
Voc.	hallō	hallôz

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Descendants

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

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