Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/halōn

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”).

Verb

*halōn

1. to fetch, to get, to haul

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*halōn
1st sg. past	*halōdā
Infinitive	*halōn
Genitive infin.	*halōnijas
Dative infin.	*halōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*halōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*halō	*halōdā
2nd singular	*halōs	*halōdēs, *halōdōs
3rd singular	*halōþ	*halōdē, *halōdā
1st plural	*halōm	*halōdum
2nd plural	*halōþ	*halōdud
3rd plural	*halōnþ	*halōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*halō	*halōdī
2nd singular	*halōs	*halōdī
3rd singular	*halō	*halōdī
1st plural	*halōm	*halōdīm
2nd plural	*halōþ	*halōdīd
3rd plural	*halōn	*halōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*halō
Plural	*halōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*halōndī	*halōd

Related terms

• *halān/*haljan
  • Old High German: halēn

Descendants

• Old English: *halian
  • Middle English: halien, halen (with influence from Dutch or French verb)
    • Scots: hale, hail, haill
    • English: hale, haul
• Old Frisian: halia
  • Saterland Frisian: hoalje, haalje (Skäddel, Strukelje)
  • West Frisian: helje
• Old Saxon: halōn, haloian
  • Middle Low German: hālen
    • Low German: halen
    • → Old Norse: hala
      • Swedish: hala
      • Danish: hale
• Old Dutch: *halon
  • Middle Dutch: hālen
    • Dutch: halen
      • Afrikaans: haal
    • Limburgish: haole
• Old High German: halōn
  • Middle High German: haln
• → Old French: haler
  • Middle French: haler
    • French: haler
      • → Galician: halar
      • → Spanish: halar
    • Norman: haler (Jèrriais)
  • → Middle English: haulen, halen (partially from Old English *halian, ġeholian)
    • English: haul