Hyphenation
hailTurkish pronunciation
heylSynonyms
barrage,
bombardment,
broadside,
cannonade,
hailstorm,
pelting,
rain,
salvo,
shower,
storm,
volley,
accost,
address,
flag,
flag downPronunciation
/ˈhāl/ /ˈheɪl/
Etymology
[ 'hA(&)l ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, *haglan (compare Old High German hagal, Old Norse hagl), from a Proto-Indo-European *k̑ok̑ló,
, a reduplication of *k̑el- 'cold' (compare Old Norse héla 'frost'). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Welsh caill 'testicle', Breton kell 'testicle', Latin calculus 'small stone', Lithuanian šešélis 'shade, shadow', Ancient Greek κάχληξ (káchlēx) 'pebble', Sanskrit śíśira 'cool, cold'.