haul

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kelh₁-“to call, cry, summon”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*halōną
3. Old English · inherited from*halian“to haul, drag”
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromhalen“to drag, fetch, haul”
5. Frankish · derived from*halōn“to drag, fetch, haul”
6. Old French · derived fromhaler“to haul, pull”
7. Middle English · inherited fromhālen
8. English todayhaul

From Middle English hālen, hailen, haulen, halien (“to drag, pull; to draw up”), from Old French haler (“to haul, pull”), from Frankish *halōn (“to drag, fetch, haul”) or Middle Dutch halen (“to drag, fetch, haul”), possibly merging with Old English *halian (“to haul, drag”); all from Proto-Germanic *halōną, *halēną, *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates The word is cognate with Danish hale (“to haul”), Middle Dutch halen (“to draw, fetch, haul”), Dutch halen (“to fetch, bring, haul”), Old Frisian halia, Saterland Frisian halen (“to draw, haul, pull”), Low German halen (“to draw, pull”), Old High German halôn, holôn, German holen (“to fetch, get”), Norwegian hale (“to haul”), Old Saxon halôn (“to fetch, get”), Swedish hala (“to hale, haul, pull, tug”), and related to Old English ġeholian (“to get, obtain”).

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