hailstone

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*haglastainaz
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*haglastain
3. Old English · inherited fromhagolstān“hailstone”
4. Middle English · inherited fromhailston
5. English todayhailstone

From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).