hailstone

Betekenis (Engels)

A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation

Sinonieme

hail

hailstones

grain

granule

having

Vertalings

Hagelkorn

granizo

grêlon

hagelkorrel

hagelsteen

chicco di grandine

granizo

pedrisco

saraiva

برد

grandine

κόκκος από χαλάζι

chicco

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hailston

Geërf van Old English: hagolstān

Verwante met Fries: heilstien

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Hailsteen

Verwante met Nederlands: hagelsteen

Verwante met Duits: Hagelstein

Verwante met Sweeds: hagelsten

Verwante met Yslands: haglsteinn

In summary

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”).