Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hail

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

Adjective

*hail

1. healthy, sound
3. 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

• *hailag
• *hailattjan
• *hailēn
• *hailī
• *hailijan

Descendants

• Old English: hāl, hǣl
  • Middle English: hole
    • English: whole
    • Scots: hole, holl
    • ⇒ Yola: haoleghey
  • Northern Middle English: hal
    • Geordie English: hyel
    • Scots: hale
• Old Frisian: hēl
  • Saterland Frisian: heel
  • West Frisian: hiel
• Old Saxon: hēl
  • Middle Low German: hêl, heil
    • Low German: hel, heel, heil
• Old Dutch: *hēl, heil
  • Middle Dutch: hêel
    • Dutch: heel
      • Afrikaans: heel
• Old High German: heil
  • Middle High German: heil
    • German: heil

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

Noun

*hail n

2. 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
      • Afrikaans: heil
• Old High German: heil
  • Middle High German: heil
    • German: Heil