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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hail
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Adjective
*hail[1]
- healthy, sound
- whole
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hail | ||
| Genitive | *hailas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hail | *hailu | *hail |
| Accusative | *hailanā | *hailā | *hail |
| Genitive | *hailas | *haileʀā | *hailas |
| Dative | *hailumē | *haileʀē | *hailumē |
| Instrumental | *hailu | *haileʀu | *hailu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hailē | *hailō | *hailu |
| Accusative | *hailā | *hailā | *hailu |
| Genitive | *haileʀō | *haileʀō | *haileʀō |
| Dative | *hailēm, *hailum | *hailēm, *hailum | *hailēm, *hailum |
| Instrumental | *hailēm, *hailum | *hailēm, *hailum | *hailēm, *hailum |
Derived terms
- *hailattjan
Descendants
- Old English: hāl
- Middle English: hal, hol, hool
- Scots: hail
- English: whole, hale, hail
- Middle English: hal, hol, hool
- Old Frisian: hēl
- Saterland Frisian: heel
- West Frisian: hiel
- Old Saxon: hēl
- Middle Low German: hêl, heil
- Low German: hel, heel, heil
- Middle Low German: hêl, heil
- Old Dutch: *hēl, *heil
- Middle Dutch: hêel
- Dutch: heel
- Middle Dutch: hêel
- Old High German: heil
- Middle High German: heil
- German: heil
- Middle High German: heil
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Noun
*hail n
- omen, portent
Inflection
| z-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hail | |
| Genitive | *hailiʀi | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hail | *hailiʀu |
| Accusative | *hail | *hailiʀu |
| Genitive | *hailiʀi | *hailiʀō |
| Dative | *hailiʀi | *hailiʀum |
| Instrumental | *hailiʀi | *hailiʀum |
Descendants
- Old English: hǣl
- Old Saxon: hēl
- Middle Low German: heil
- Old Dutch: *heil
- Middle Dutch: heil
- Dutch: heil
- Middle Dutch: heil
- Old High German: heil
- Middle High German: heil
- German: Heil
- Middle High German: heil
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129: “PWGmc *hail”