healh
Old English
/ˈhæɑlx/
noun
Definitions
- corner, angle
- recess, nook
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *halhaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)- inherited from Proto-Germanic *halluz (rock, stone, rockface, cliff).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*halluz
Gloss
rock, stone, rockface, cliff
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Halifax English
- calcite English
- calcium English
- calx English
- haugh English
- *calcestris Latin
- *calciāta Latin
- *calcīna Latin
- *incalciāre Latin
- calcareus Latin
- calcariensis Latin
- calcarius Latin
- calcatrippa Latin
- calceus Latin
- calceāta Latin
- calcium Latin
- calcivorus Latin
- calco Latin
- calculus Latin
- caliga Latin
- cals Latin
- calx Latin
- incalciō, incalcio, incalciāre Latin
- Kalk German
- scalciare Italian
- ка́льций Russian
- caliche Spanish, Castilian
- χάλιξ Ancient Greek
- *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)- Proto-Indo-European
- kalk Norwegian Bokmål
- kalsitt Norwegian Bokmål
- *halhaz Proto-Germanic
- *halluz Proto-Germanic
- kalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kalsitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealc Old English
- feax Old English
- hafoc Old English
- halh-ġefeaxe Old English
- hāliġ Old English
- halke Middle English
- hallr Old Norse
- kalk Danish
- *kuka Proto-Slavic
- *kъlкъ Proto-Slavic
- اَل Arabic
- kuk Serbo-Croatian
- hallur Icelandic
- kalk Icelandic
- coucillón Galician
- calc Old High German
- hals Old High German
- kalk Old High German
- cailc Old Irish
- hals Middle High German
- Hals Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *hals gmw-pro
- *kalk Old Dutch
- kalk Middle Low German
- hal Old Swedish
- hall Westrobothnian
- Braidhauch Scots
- Whithaugh Scots
- haugh Scots
- Halvor Norwegian
- hallj Norn
- ael Crimean Gothic