hail
English
/heɪl/
noun
Definitions
- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hayle derived from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hægl derived from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (hail, hailstone) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (pebble, hail).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kagʰlos
Gloss
pebble, hail
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fall English
- haglaz English
- hail shaft English
- hail storm English
- hailer English
- hailest English
- haileth English
- hailfall English
- haillike English
- hailshot English
- hailstone English
- hailstorm English
- haily English
- loudhailer English
- shaft English
- shot English
- stone English
- storm English
- calculus Latin
- cōleus Latin
- Hagel German
- Hagelschauer German
- Hagelwetter German
- hagel Dutch, Flemish
- hagelen Dutch, Flemish
- hagelgeweer Dutch, Flemish
- hagelkorrel Dutch, Flemish
- hagelslag Dutch, Flemish
- hagelsnoer Dutch, Flemish
- hagelsteen Dutch, Flemish
- hagelstorm Dutch, Flemish
- hagelwit Dutch, Flemish
- janhagel Dutch, Flemish
- κάχληξ Ancient Greek
- *kagʰlos Proto-Indo-European
- *haglaz Proto-Germanic
- *hehlǭ Proto-Germanic
- hægl Old English
- hæġl Old English
- hæġl, hæġel, hægl Old English
- hailston Middle English
- hayle Middle English
- haylen Middle English
- hagl Old Norse
- héla Old Norse
- hagl Danish
- kæmpehagl Danish
- héla Icelandic
- caill Welsh
- ceillgwd Welsh
- ceilliau Welsh
- hagel Middle Dutch
- hagal Old High German
- hagel Middle High German
- چاقل Ottoman Turkish
- *hagal Old Dutch
- hagal Old Saxon
- haghl Old Swedish
- divgell Breton
- kell Breton
- kelloù Breton
- agra Sranan Tongo