Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA corridor; a hallway. · A large meeting room. · A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). · A building providing student accommodation at a university.
Inherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Danish hal (“hall, sports centre”), Faroese høll (“hall, palace”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Doublet of cell and cella.
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- Root classification mention*ḱel- (cover)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionhalleenm
- Inherited-form mentionheallang
- Inherited-form mention*hallugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hallōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*ḱel-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionhall, hawsco
- Cognate mentionhalnl
- Cognate mentionHallede
- Cognate mentionhalda
- Cognate mentionhøllfo
- Cognate mentionhöllis
- Cognate mentionhallno
- Cognate mentionhallsv
- Cognate mentioncellala
- Cognate mentionशालाsa
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