Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hellanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hellaną
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*kelh₁-to call, make noiseclārusloud, clear
verbStrong class 3to resound, make a soundA verbal formation from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (‘to call, make noise’). The semantic shift from "make noise" > "loud" > "clear, bright" in the High German descendants parallels that of Latin clārus (‘loud, clear’), from the same root.