hailstone

Betekenis (Engels)

A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation

Concepten

hagelkorrel

hagelsteen

hagel

Synoniemen

hail

hailstones

grain

granule

having

Vertalingen

Hagelkorn

granizo

grêlon

granizo

chicco di grandine

pedrisco

برد

saraiva

grandine

الحالوب

granissa

grella

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hailston

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hagolstān

Verwant aan Fries: heilstien

Verwant aan Saterfries: Hailsteen

Verwant aan Nederlands: hagelsteen

Verwant aan Duits: Hagelstein

Verwant aan Zweeds: hagelsten

Verwant aan IJslands: 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”).