Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hallą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kHlnom (“encrustation, hardening”).

Noun

*hallą n

that which is dried up
dearth, scarcity, lack

Inflection

Declension of *hallą (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hallą	*hallō
Vocative	*hallą	*hallō
Accusative	*hallą	*hallō
Genitive	*hallas, -is	*hallǫ̂
Dative	*hallai	*hallamaz
Instrumental	*hallō	*hallamiz

Related terms

*hallaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hall
- Old High German: *hall (“brine? saltworks?”)
  - Middle High German: hal n (“salt spring, saltworks”)
    - German: Hall n (“saltworks”)
  - ⇒ Old High German: hallhūs, halhūs (“salt house, salt pit”)
    - Middle High German: *hallhūs
      - Swabian: Hallhaus
  - ⇒ Old High German: hallsalz, halasalz
  - ⇒? German: Hallstatt
- ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *hallu
  - Old Saxon: *halla
    - Middle Low German: halle (“location where salt wells and pits are found”)
      - German Low German: Halle (“Saale”, placename)
  - Old High German: *halla
    - Middle High German: halle (“salt preparation and/or storage area”) (perhaps a borrowing from Middle Low German ?)
Old Norse: hall
- Faroese: hall (“deficit, deficiency, want”)
- ⇒ Old Norse: *halli m
  - Icelandic: halli (“deficit, loss”)
  - Faroese: halli (“deficit, deficiency”)