halse

halse · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kols-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*halsaz“neck”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hals
4. Old English · inherited fromheals“neck, prow of a ship”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhals
6. English todayhalse

From Middle English hals, from Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *kols-, *ḱols- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch hals (“neck, throat”), German Hals (“neck, throat”), Norwegian hals (“neck, throat”), Swedish hals (“neck, throat”), Latin collum (“neck”).

halse · verb²

1. Old English · inherited from*halsian, *healsian“to embrace”
2. Middle English · inherited fromhalsen
3. English todayhalse

From Middle English halsen, halchen, from Old English *halsian, *healsian (“to embrace”, literally “to fall upon the neck of”), from heals (“neck”). See above. Cognate with Old Saxon helsjen (“to embrace”), Old High German halsōn (German halsen (“to jibe”)), Icelandic hálsa (“to embrace”).

halse · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kailo-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hailisōną“to greet”
3. Old English · inherited fromhealsian
4. Middle English · inherited fromhalsen
5. English todayhalse

From Middle English halsen, halsien (“to beseech, adjure”), from Old English healsian, hālsian (“to entreat earnestly, beseech, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“to greet”), from Proto-Indo-European *kailo-, *kailu- (“whole, safe”). Cognate with Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”), Swedish hälsa (“to greet”), Icelandic heilsa (“to salute”). More at whole.

halse · noun, verb⁴

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*halsaz“neck”
2. Old Norse · derived fromháls“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”
3. Middle English · inherited fromhals“neck”
4. English todayhalse

From Middle English hals (“neck”), from Old Norse háls (“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Danish hals (“neck, tack”).

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