haler
Meaning
to haul, tow
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.le/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French haler, from Old French haler (“to pull, haul”), from Frankish *halōn (“to haul, drag, fetch”) (also Old Dutch *halōn), from Proto-Germanic *halōną, *halēną, *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *kelə- (“to lift”) and Proto-Indo-European *(s)kale-, *klā-, *klē- (“to shout, call”). Cognate with Old Frisian halia (“to get, drive home, take”), Old Saxon halōn (“to get”), Old High German halōn, holōn (“to get, fetch”) (German holen), Old English ġeholian (“to get, obtain”). More at haul.
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