häll
Swedish
/hɛl/
noun
Definitions
- A flat rock or a slab.
- An assembly of burners for cooking; cooktop.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish hal inherited from Old Norse hallr (slope, rock, stone, incline, flat stone) inherited from Proto-Germanic *halluz (rock, stone, rockface, cliff).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*halluz
Gloss
rock, stone, rockface, cliff
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hella Finnish
- hellahuone Finnish
- hellakoukku Finnish
- hellanrengas Finnish
- hellanrinki Finnish
- hellapoliisi Finnish
- hellapuu Finnish
- kaasuhella Finnish
- sähköhella Finnish
- *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)- Proto-Indo-European
- *hallijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *halluz Proto-Germanic
- hällkista Swedish
- hällristning Swedish
- kista Swedish
- rista Swedish
- hallr Old Norse
- hallur Icelandic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- kalju Estonian
- hal Old Swedish
- hall Westrobothnian
- Halvor Norwegian
- hallj Norn
- ael Crimean Gothic